Militants kill 9 Afghan employees of Czech NGO

Militants attacked a guesthouse in northern Afghanistan early Tuesday, killing nine Afghan employees of a Czech aid organization, AFP reported. “Those killed in Zari district of Balkh province include seven aid workers - six men and one woman - and two guards,” said Abdul Razaq Qaderi, the deputy provincial police chief. He blamed the Taliban for the attack. The victims were employees of People in Need, a Czech organization that has been delivering humanitarian aid in Afghanistan since 2001.