Coverage dated May 16, 2024 to May 17, 2024

3 Spanish tourists killed, multiple injured during attack in Afghanistan

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Eight were wounded and according to preliminary information were from Norway, Australia, Lithuania and Spain.

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Al Jazeera
Gunmen kill four, including three Spanish tourists, in central Afghanistan (opens Al Jazeera)
Published May 16, 2024
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No group claims responsibility for attack in Bamyan, which interior ministry official says also injured seven people.
Voice of America
Gunmen kill 3 Western tourists, translator in central Afghanistan (opens Voice of America)
Published May 16, 2024
Voice of America's feed description
Friday’s attack on foreigners is first since Taliban regained power in August 2021
The Guardian
Three tourists and an Afghan shot dead during attack in Afghanistan (opens The Guardian)
Published May 16, 2024
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Four suspects arrested at scene of shooting in major tourist area Bamiyan
France 24
Gunmen kill four, including three foreign tourists, in central Afghanistan (opens France 24)
Published May 16, 2024
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Three foreign tourists and an Afghan were killed on Friday in the central Afghan province of Bamiyan, said the Taliban's interior ministry.
CBS News
3 Spanish tourists killed, multiple injured during attack in Afghanistan (opens CBS News)
Published May 17, 2024
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Eight were wounded and according to preliminary information were from Norway, Australia, Lithuania and Spain.
KTVZ Bend
Spanish tourists among four killed in Afghanistan shooting: Spanish Prime Minister (opens KTVZ Bend)
Published May 17, 2024
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By Masoud Popalzai and Al Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Four people were killed, including three Spanish citizens, in a shooting in central Afghanistan on Friday, according to Spanish and Afghan authorities. Earlier, Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry spokesperson Mufti Abdul Mateen Qani said the three European…
Digital Journal
Four killed in Afghanistan shooting, including three Spanish tourists (opens Digital Journal)
Published May 17, 2024
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Three Spanish tourists and an Afghan were killed Friday in a shooting in the popular tourism destination of Bamiyan in central Afghanistan, local and
Digital Journal
Three Spaniards, three Afghans killed in shooting in Afghanistan (opens Digital Journal)
Published May 17, 2024
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The bodies of three Spanish tourists and three Afghans shot dead while visiting a market in Afghanistan were transported to the capital where multiple
Deutsche Welle
Afghanistan: Three Spanish tourists killed in shootout – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)
Published May 17, 2024
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The attack on foreign nationals took place in Bamyan province of Afghanistan. Some foreigners visit the site with the remnants of massive Buddhist statues mostly destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.
NBC News
Gunmen kill three Spanish tourists in Afghanistan’s central Bamyan province (opens NBC News)
Published May 17, 2024
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Three Spanish tourists were killed and at least one Spaniard was injured in an attack by gunmen in Afghanistan’s central Bamyan province, Spain’s foreign ministry said on Friday.
Al Jazeera
Three Afghans, three Spanish tourists killed in Bamyan shooting (opens Al Jazeera)
Published May 17, 2024
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Group of tourists and their companions was fired on while walking through a market in central Afghanistan.

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