HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Five foreign tourists and their Afghan driver were wounded on Thursday when Taliban militants ambushed their convoy in the Chesht-i-Sharif district of western Herat province.
Jelani Farhad, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the foreign visitors came under attack from Taliban militants in Simi area, 25 kilometres from the district’s centre.
Among the tourists were six British, three American, two Scottish and one German nationals, he said.
The Taliban sustained heavy causalities after security forces launched a . . .
