A BRITISH man was among three people shot dead in an attack in the Afghan capital Kabul today, according to police officials.
The director and deputy director in Afghanistan of the international shipping company DHL were attacked in front of the company's offices. An Afghan was also killed and two others wounded.
Early reports stated the two Westerners were German, but l
ater police official, Abdul Raouf, identified them as a Briton and a South African.
Gerold Beck, a DHL spokesman at its headquarters in Bonn, Germany, confirmed the two killed employees were not German citizens, but declined to release further information.
"We are working together with authorities (in Kabul) to clarify the situation, but cannot say anything further at this point," Beck said.
Police arrested 13 people after the incident, including DHL guards and employees. It wasn't yet clear who was behind the shooting or why it happened.
A Taliban spokesman said the militia was not involved.
The attack follows the killing in Kabul of a dual South African-British citizen by gunmen earlier in the week. Gayle Williams, 34, was working for a Christian charity helping disabled children. The Taliban immediately claimed responsibility for that shooting, saying the she had been proselytising.
Security has deteriorated around Afghanistan in the last two years, although violence against Westerners in the capital has been relatively rare.
Also today, international security companies warned their clients in Kabul about intelligence indicating that militants were planning a large-scale attack on a restaurant frequented by Westerners.
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