I grieve for the group's families and also the people this team were helping. Very sad news.
KABUL, Afghanistan They hiked for more than 10 hours over rugged mountains unarmed and without security to bring medical care to isolated Afghan villagers until their humanitarian mission took a tragic turn.
Ten members of the Christian medical team six Americans, two Afghans, one German and a Briton were gunned down in a gruesome slaughter that the Taliban said they carried out, alleging the volunteers were spying and trying to convert Muslims to Christianity. The gunmen spared an Afghan driver, who recited verses from the Islamic holy book Quran as he begged for his life.
Afghan medical mission ends in death for 10 - Yahoo! News