Five Aid Workers Shot to Death in an Ambush in Afghanistan
New York Times, By CARLOTTA GALL
KABUL, Afghanistan, June 2 - Five aid workers from the Dutch branch of Doctors Without Borders were shot dead Wednesday in an ambush in northwest Afghanistan as they were returning to their regional office, officials said.
Abdul Hakim Latifi, a spokesman for the Taliban, who were driven from power in the American-led invasion in 2001, claimed responsibility for the attack in telephone calls to news agencies. "We killed them because they worked for the Americans against us using the cover of aid work," Mr. Latifi told Reuters. "We will kill more foreign aid workers," he said.
