LANDI KOTAL, Feb 4: Ten trucks of a convoy returning from Afghanistan after delivering Nato supplies were torched on the Peshawar-Torkham highway in Khyber Agency.

The vehicles were stranded near Ali Masjid where a bridge had been blown up by militants.

Jamrud’s Assistant Political Agent Fida Bangash said the National Highway Authority had built an alternative route under the damaged bridge for light traffic, adding that heavy traffic between Peshawar and Torkham would be restored soon.

According to officials, at least 15 rockets were fired during the night on an army camp from hilltops in Gagra. A subedar of Khyber Rifles was injured. A van was damaged when a rocket hit a house outside the camp.

Local authorities imposed a fine of Rs20 million on the Shinwari tribe for its failure to surrender two wanted men, Hazrat Ali and Hazrat Nabi, who had claimed responsibility for attacks on Nato supplies.

The fine was imposed under the collective responsibility clause of the Frontier Crime Regulation (FCR) during a jirga held in Landi Kotal on Wednesday.

Eight elders of the Khogakhel tribe, who had assured the administration that they would surrender the wanted tribesmen, had earlier been taken into custody for failing to fulfil their promise.

Notices were also issued to the Sultankhel tribe to hand over people involved in blowing up the bridge on the Peshawar-Torkham highway.