Gunmen kill US civilian in Afghanistan

Gunmen believed to be Taliban insurgents have shot dead a US civilian and two of his Afghan colleagues in an area near Kabul which has seen a surge in militant violence in recent months, officials said.
The American was driving along the Ghorband valley in Parwan province, north of Kabul, when he was attacked and killed, Afghan officials and the US embassy said.
"We can confirm that a US citizen was killed in Parwan Province on Monday," an embassy official told AFP. The spokesman said the victim was a civilian but refused to give further details.
A senior official in Parwan province told AFP the man was an electrical engineer who was travelling to a survey project.