Medical Workers Killed in Afghanistan
The BBC reports on an attack on foreign medical workers in Afghanistan:
Eight foreigners and two Afghans have been found shot dead next to abandoned vehicles in the north-eastern Afghan province of Badakhshan, officials say.
The foreigners are believed to be six Americans, one Briton and a German, who worked for an international charity providing eye care and medical help.
The vehicles were found a day after contact was lost with the group.
Local police said robbery might have been the motive. However, the Taliban have said they were behind the attack.
Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesman, said bibles translated into Dari had been found.
"Yesterday at around 0800 (0330 GMT), one of our patrols confronted a group of foreigners. They were Christian missionaries and we killed them all," he told the AFP news agency.
He later told the Associated Press they were "spying for the Americans".
The team - five American men and three American, German and British women, along with four Afghans - was working for a Christian charity, the International Assistance Mission (IAM). Its executive director, Dirk Frans, denied they were missionaries.
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