Foreign doctors killed in Afghanistan

Sat, 07 Aug 2010 06:17:46 GMT

Two American and six German doctors have been killed in northern Afghanistan, police said.

The bodies of the foreign physicians, along with that of an Afghan man, were found in Badakhshan Province, AFP reported.

"The bodies were found in the forest in the Kuran wa Minjan district," said the province's police chief, Aqa Noor Kintoz, on Saturday .

He added that based on the testimony of a sole Afghan survivor, the group came under attack by armed men in a densely forested part of the province.

A spokeswoman for the US embassy in Afghanistan also confirmed that "several" American citizens were believed to be among the dead without giving further details.

"We are actively working with local authorities and others to learn more about the identities and nationalities of these individuals," the spokeswoman said.

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