Ten Medical Workers, Including Six Americans, Slain by Taliban
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Taliban insurgents claimed responsibility for the deaths of six Americans, a Briton, a German and two Afghan interpreters killed in northern Afghanistan in what the U.S. called a “despicable act.”
An Afghan identified as Sayfullah who survived the incident told police the slain foreigners were medical staff from the state-run Noor hospital in Kabul, Agha Noor Kemtuz, provincial police chief of Badakhshan province, said by telephone.