At least six foreign tourists and their driver have been wounded in Afghanistan in an attack by gunmen on their convoy as it passed through western Herat province, government officials said.<\/p>\n
The group of at least a dozen travellers included eight British citizens, three Americans, and one German, but the nationalities of the casualties was not clear, said Jilani Farhad, a spokesman for Herat’s governor.<\/p>\n
The group was travelling in a minibus with an Afghan army escort vehicle on a rural highway in Herat Province when they came under Taliban attack with gunfire and rockets.<\/p>\n
He said security forces had been dispatched to the scene.<\/p>\n
The governor said that the buses were travelling from central Bamyan province to Herat province, with Herat city as its capital, 640 km west of Kabul.<\/p>\n
“Several travelers were rescued by security forces shortly after the incident. And an investigation was launched into the attack,” Khadimi added.<\/p>\n
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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