Gunmen kill 4 Afghans

The men were killed on Saturday in a district of Kandahar province known to be a stronghold of the Taliban movement that has been waging an insurgency since being removed from government in late 2001.

It was too early to say if the Taliban were behind the attack in Maiwand district, Kandahar government spokesman Daud Ahmadi said. "We don't know who the attackers were affiliated to," he told AFP.

The killers stole 80,000 dollars and a four-wheel-drive vehicle the men had been travelling in, Ahmadi said.