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Apr 8, 2008 8:45 am US/Eastern

Gunmen Kill 17 Workers In Southern Afghanistan

 CBS News Interactive: About Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ― A government spokesman says militants have killed 17 Afghan road workers in the country's south.

Interior Ministry spokesman Zemeri Bashary says insurgents attacked the road construction crew Tuesday morning in Zabul province. Sixteen other workers have been wounded.

Bashary says Afghan and international security forces killed seven militants and wounded 12 in an ensuing firefight.

Road-building is seen as a key to Afghan reconstruction and workers have been the target of previous attacks. In January, militants in eastern Nuristan province beheaded four road construction workers.

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