Afghan gunmen kill one, injure three roadworkers

Afghan gunmen today killed an Afghan worker and wounded three others building a road to a US-led coalition base in the south of the country.

The shooting happened in southern Zabul province when the gunmen ambushed a car taking the men to work on a road linking the town of Qalat with a new US air base just outside town, said Noor Mohammed Paktin, provincial police chief.