Gunmen kill three Spanish tourists in Afghanistan's central Bamyan province

FILE PHOTO: A Taliban soldier stands guard in front of the ruins of a 1500-year-old Buddha statue in Bamyan, Afghanistan, March 2, 2023. REUTERS/Ali Khara/File Photo

KABUL/MADRID/DELHI (Reuters) -Three Spanish tourists were killed and at least one Spaniard was injured in an attack by gunmen in Afghanistan's central Bamyan province, Spain's foreign ministry said on Friday.

Earlier on Friday, Taliban interior ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qaniee had said that three foreign tourists and one Afghan citizen had been killed in the attack.