The Chaman district of the Balochistan province is a supply route to US and Nato military forces in southern Afghanistan. —File Photo

CHAMAN Three Pakistani soldiers were killed and two others were injured when a truck carrying supplies for Nato forces crashed into a Pakistan Army vehicle near Chaman on Friday.

Local police said that a truck carrying supplies for Nato forces in Afghanistan crashed into a military vehicle near the border.

Police official Zia Mandokhel said the brakes failed on the truck that hit the Pakistan army's vehicle on Friday.

Another police official, Mohammad Rafiq, said two more Pakistani soldiers were injured.

The Chaman district of the Balochistan province is a supply route to US and Nato military forces in southern Afghanistan.

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