Fifteen civilians travelling in a bus in western Afghanistan were killed by "anti-government gunmen," a provincial official said Friday. They were stopped by the gunmen late Thursday on the way to Laal district, said Abdul Hai Khatibi, spokesman for the Ghor provincial governor. "The gunmen dragged the passengers out of the bus and shot them in the heads and chests," Khatibi told dpa, adding that one man managed to escape in the dark. "The dead are 11 men, three women and one child."
