{"id":54225,"date":"2024-05-19T19:55:12","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T19:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/19\/islamic-state-claims-responsibility-for-gun-attack-that-killed-three-spanish-tourists-in-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2024-05-19T19:55:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T19:55:12","slug":"islamic-state-claims-responsibility-for-gun-attack-that-killed-three-spanish-tourists-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/19\/islamic-state-claims-responsibility-for-gun-attack-that-killed-three-spanish-tourists-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Islamic State claims responsibility for gun attack that killed three Spanish tourists in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Islamic State has claimed responsibility after three Spanish tourists were killed when gunmen opened fire in Afghanistan’s central Bamiyan province.<\/p>\n

A fourth person was also killed, and a further four foreign nationals and three Afghans were injured in the attack in the mountainous region, the Taliban’s interior ministry has said.<\/p>\n

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack on its Telegram channel.<\/p>\n

The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday that three of its nationals died in the attack<\/a><\/strong> and that at least one more had been injured.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said in a post on X that he was “overwhelmed” by the news of their deaths.<\/p>\n

Taliban spokesman Abdul Mateen Qani said on Friday that four people had been arrested.<\/p>\n

Islamic State’s affiliate in Afghanistan is a major rival of the country’s Taliban government.<\/p>\n

It earlier claimed an attack on Chinese citizens at a hotel in the capital Kabul in 2022.<\/p>\n

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From 11 May: Hundreds feared dead in Afghanistan floods<\/span>
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Bamiyan province is home to the remains of two giant Buddha statues blown up by the Taliban in 2001 and the region is a UNESCO world heritage site.<\/p>\n

Tourism in Afghanistan peaked in the 1960s and 1970s when the country formed part of the popular “hippy trail” route.<\/p>\n

Since seizing power in August 2021, the Taliban has tried to promote Afghanistan as a travel destination – despite the fact many countries’ foreign offices, including the UK’s, say it is unsafe to travel to.<\/p>\n

While the numbers remain small, their efforts appear to have so far paid off. In 2021, 691 foreign tourists visited Afghanistan and by 2023, the number had risen to 7,000.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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