Foreign 'tourists' wounded in attack in western Afghanistan

A close-up view of the Large Buddha niche in Bamiyan in central Afghanistan August 16, 2009. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

KABUL (Reuters) - At least five foreign tourists and their driver were wounded in Afghanistan on Thursday in an attack by gunmen on their convoy as it passed through western Herat province, government officials said.

The group included at least six British citizens, three Americans and a German, said Jilani Farhad, a spokesman for Herat's governor. At least three Britons were wounded, but the nationalities of the other victims were not immediately known.