Gunmen kill four, including three Spanish tourists, in central Afghanistan

A Taliban soldier stands guard in front of the ruins of a 1,500-year-old Buddha statue in Bamyan, Afghanistan [File: Ali Khara/Reuters]

Gunmen have killed an Afghan citizen and three foreign tourists in central Afghanistan’s Bamyan province, the Ministry of Interior Affairs says.

Four foreign nationals and three Afghans were also injured in the attack on Friday when gunmen opened fire, ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qani said.