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Two US, six German doctors shot dead in Afghanistan: Police

KABUL, Aug 7 (AFP) - The bullet-riddled bodies of two American and six German doctors have been discovered in dense forest in northern Afghanistan, a police official told AFP today.

Provincial police chief Aqa Noor Kintoz said the foreigners and two Afghan men were believed to have been killed by armed men in a remote area of Badakhshan province, according to the testimony of a sole Afghan survivor.

The group of eight foreigners -- ophthalmologists -- and three Afghans had been travelling between Badakhshan and Nuristan provinces and had spent a few nights in the forest, according to “Saifullah” who was released without being hurt.

“On the last day they were confronted by a group of armed men who lined them up and shot them. Their money and belongings were all stolen,” said Kintoz.

He said that according to Saifullah's testimony he had escaped death by reading verses of the Quran, prompting the men to realise he was a Muslim and release him in neighbouring Nuristan province.

The police chief said local villagers had warned the group not to enter the dangerous forested area, but they had insisted they would be safe because they were doctors, according to Saifullah's statement.
He said the bodies had been found in Kuran wa Minjan district, an area on the border with Nuristan province, one day's drive from the provincial capital Faizabad.

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