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What's going on: Last 2 victims identified after Taliban kills 10 foreign aid workers

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Afghanistan_XMS101.JPGRelatives carry the body of one of two Afghans, killed with members of a medical team in northern Afghanistan few days ago, from the morgue at a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. Ten members of the medical team, including six Americans, were shot and killed by militants as they were returning from providing eye treatment and other health care in remote villages in northern Afghanistan.

From The Associated Press:

Kabul, Afghanistan -- A Christian charity said Monday it had no plans to leave Afghanistan despite the murders of 10 members of its medical aid team and repeated that the organization does not attempt to convert Muslims to Christianity.


The 10 members - six Americans, two Afghans, one Briton and a German - were gunned down Thursday after they were accosted by gunmen after finishing a two-week mission providing medical care to impoverished villagers in Nuristan province. The Taliban have claimed responsibility and alleged the group were spies and tried to convert Muslims.

» Read the full story: Last 2 foreign dead in Afghan murders identified [The Associated Press]
» Delmar, NY optometrist Tom Little was one of the victims [The Associated Press]



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