Afghan militants kills workers on US building project

18/05/2005 - 14:47:45
Suspected Taliban militants killed five Afghans working on a US-funded reconstruction project in an ambush of their vehicle today in the country’s south, an official said.

The attack occurred in Helmand province, about 110 miles northwest of the southern city of Kandahar, said senior provincial official Ghulam Muhiddin.

Two of the victims were engineers working for Chemonics, a US-based company; one was a government engineer; the other two dead were the driver and a policeman employed as a security guard, he said.

Carol Yee, a senior Chemonics worker in the area, confirmed the killing.