A number of gunmen opened hearth in central Afghanistan late on Friday native time, killing not less than 4 folks together with three overseas nationals, a Taliban spokesman mentioned.
The Division of Overseas Affairs (DFAT) confirmed it was offering consular help to an Australian in Afghanistan.
“Owing to our privateness obligations we can’t present additional remark,” a DFAT spokesperson mentioned.
The Spanish Ministry of Overseas Affairs mentioned in an announcement that three Spaniards had died within the assault and that not less than yet one more had been injured.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez described them as “vacationers” in a submit on X, previously Twitter, writing that he was “overwhelmed” by the information.
4 suspects have been arrested on the scene in Bamyan province, a significant vacationer space, and an investigation was underway, the official mentioned.
Nobody instantly claimed accountability for the late-evening assault.
In accordance with Abdul Mateen Qani, a spokesman for the Taliban’s inside ministry, seven different folks, together with overseas nationals have been wounded within the assault.
He didn’t elaborate or give the nationality of the overseas residents.
The Taliban seized energy in Afghanistan in August 2021 as US and NATO forces have been within the closing weeks of their withdrawal from the nation after 20 years of warfare.
Blame is more likely to fall on the Islamic State group’s affiliate in Afghanistan, a significant Taliban rival.
IS militants have carried out scores of assaults on colleges, hospitals, mosques and minority Shiite areas all through the nation.
Bamyan might be greatest referred to as the location of two large Buddha statues that have been carved into the cliff face between the 4th and sixth centuries and which have been destroyed by the Taliban at al-Qaida’s urging in early 2001.
