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Unknown gunmen kill 11 Pakistani nationals in Afghanistan
Jul 10, 2010, 11:34 GMT
Kabul - Eleven Pakistani nationals were killed Saturday in southeastern Afghanistan by a group of unknown gunmen that attacked their passenger bus, a provincial spokesman said.
The men were en route to Pakistan's Peshawar city through the Afghan province of Paktia when the assailants stopped the bus in Samkani district, Rohullah Samoon, spokesman for the provincial governor, said.
'The militants opened fire on the bus, killing 11 Pakistanis,' Samoon said, adding that three more men, including two Afghans, were injured in the attack.
The motive behind the shooting was not known. No group took responsibility for the attack.
The men were Shiite Muslims from Parachinar, a town in Pakistan's Kurram tribal district that is under siege by Taliban-linked Sunni tribesmen.
'By going to Peshawar through Afghan soil, the men were trying to avoid areas where security is not good,' Samoon said.
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