Para pekerja itu sedang dalam perjalanan dari provinsi Uruzgan, Afghanistan selatan, menuju Kandahar pada Sabtu malam ketika kendaraan mereka dihentikan oleh orang-orang bersenjata di dekat ibukota Uruzgan, Tirin Kot, kata wakil kepala kepolisian provinsi itu Mohammad Nabi kepada AFP.
They were on their way from the southern province of Uruzgan to Kandahar late Saturday when their vehicle was stopped by gunmen close to the Uruzgan capital, Tirin Kot, provincial deputy police chief Mohammad Nabi told AFP.