According to reports, a deadly gunshot in central Afghanistan injured an Australian visitor.
At least four persons, including three foreign nationals, were killed when multiple gunmen opened fire in central Afghanistan late on Friday local time, according to a Taliban spokesman.
An Australian citizen in Afghanistan is receiving consular support, according to confirmation from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT). A DFAT representative stated, “We are unable to provide additional comment due to our privacy obligations.”
Three Spaniards had perished and at least one more had been injured in the incident, according to a statement from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In a post on X, the previous Twitter platform, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez referred to them as “tourists” and expressed his “overwhelming” reaction to the news.
The official stated that an investigation was in progress after four individuals were apprehended at the scene in the popular tourist destination of Bamyan province.
Immediately after the late-night attack, no one took credit for it.
A representative for the Taliban’s interior ministry, Abdul Mateen Qani, said that seven additional individuals—including foreign nationals—were hurt in the incident.
He didn’t go into detail or reveal the foreign residents’ nationality.
As US and NATO soldiers prepared to leave Afghanistan after 20 years of conflict, the Taliban took control of the country in August 2021.
The Islamic State group’s affiliate in Afghanistan, a significant adversary of the Taliban, is most likely to bear the blame.
Numerous attacks on schools, hospitals, mosques, and locations home to Shiite minorities have been carried out by IS militants around the nation.
Most people’s first impression of Bamyan comes from the location of two enormous Buddha statues that were carved onto the cliff face during the fourth and sixth centuries.
Al-Qaida urged the Taliban to demolish the statues in early 2001.
