Gunmen kill 6 workers of US-run Bagram airfield in Afghanistan

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Fri, 17 Apr 2020 - 11:16 GMT

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File- Afghan security forces keep watch at a check point close to the compound of Afghanistan's national intelligence agency in Kabul, Afghanistan. December 25, 2017. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

File- Afghan security forces keep watch at a check point close to the compound of Afghanistan's national intelligence agency in Kabul, Afghanistan. December 25, 2017. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

KABUL, April 17 (MENA) - Armed men killed six workers of the US-run Bagram airfield in the northern Afghan province of Parwan on Thursday night, Khaama Press news agency quoted local officials as saying on Friday.

Waheeda Shahkar, a spokesperson for the provincial government, said a group of armed men, believed to be affiliated with the Taliban group, opened fire on a group of civilian workers of the US-run Bagram airfield.

Shahkar further added that the workers were on their way to their home and were riding a rickshaw when they were ambushed at around 9:40 pm local time.

According to Shahkar, the attack also left at least three workers of the airfield wounded.

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