UN driver, Afghan doctor killed in rocket attack

By Afp, Kabul
A local driver and a doctor with a German-based group were killed in Afghanistan when suspected Taliban attacked their Unicef vehicle with rockets, officials said Saturday.

A project manager for the UN children's agency was also seriously wounded in the attack Friday just 40km outside Herat, the main city in western Afghanistan, Unicef said.

"We can confirm that the two bodies that were recovered last night were of our driver and a doctor with Malteser, a medical NGO in Afghanistan," Unicef spokesman Edward Carwardine told AFP.