An Overnight Attack On Mine Clearance Workers In Afghanistan Leaves 10 Dead
Wednesday, June 9, 2021
The coffins of the victims in Tuesday's attack are placed on the ground at a hospital in northern Baghlan province, Afghanistan, on Wednesday. Workers of the HALO Trust demining organization were attacked on Tuesday night by armed gunmen.
Mehrab Ibrahimi
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AP
KABUL, Afghanistan – Armed men opened fire late Tuesday on dozens of deminers who worked for a British charity, killing 10 men and injuring 16 others. The incident occurred in the northern Afghan province of Baghlan, according to the HALO Trust charity and the Afghan interior ministry.
A video shared by Afghanistan's TOLO News site showed men bringing in the wounded to a hospital in the provincial capital of Pul-e-Khumri. One was carried in on a gurney; two men hoisted another.

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