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KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban insurgents ambushed a group of road-construction workers and their security guards early Tuesday, killing 18 of the guards and wounding seven, Afghanistan officials said. It was one of the worst attacks here in months.
The ambush happened in Zabul province, about 30 miles from the provincial capital in a remote mountainous area near the Pakistan border, said Gulab Shah Ali Kheil, the deputy governor of Zabul.
The group of surveyors and laborers were well-guarded and moving in a convoy when insurgents opened fire on the guards, said project manager Muhammad Younus.
No one in the road crew was hurt because the guards took the brunt of the attack, battling the Taliban for hours before an Afghan army unit arrived.
