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...believed to be six Americans, one Briton and a German, who worked for an international charity providing eye care and medical help.

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The latest is that an Afghan guide that died ratted the group out to a local Talib/bandit relative, for a cut of the proceeds. They were ambushed for money and ransom. Several made a run for it in the village they stopped in, and the Talib opened fire killing them all.

2 Americans, 6 Germans, 2 Afghans dead. Happened at Kili Zangal village, Koshal area, Kiran wa Munjan district, Badakhshan province.

The group had been invited to Nuristan to provide medical care there, were done and returning to the Noor Eye Hospital in Kabul where they worked.