Shooter Kills Head of Japan Aid Agency, 5 Others in Afghanistan

Shooter Kills Head of Japan Aid Agency, 5 Others in Afghanistan
Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani (R) and Japanese doctor Tetsu Nakamura pose for a photo, in this undated picture, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan Presidential Palace/Handout via Reuters
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Gunmen killed six people, including the head of a Japanese aid agency, on Wednesday in an attack on their vehicle in Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan, officials said.

The ambush comes a week after a grenade attack on a United Nations vehicle in Kabul heightened fears for those doing humanitarian work amid one of the world’s longest-running conflicts.