KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Insurgents pulled over a minivan with eight young laborers on their way to work at a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan today, forced them out and then shot them dead, officials said.
The killings near Forward Operating Base Shank, a U.S. base in Logar province, were the latest in a militant campaign of intimidation against Afghans working for the government or the international coalition.
The attack took place just after dawn near Puli Alam, the provincial capital.
“They were eight ordinary laborers going to work at that base. They were day laborers,” said Logar deputy police chief Raeis Khan Abdul Rahimzai.
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