Two Britons, Afghan interpreter killed in Afghanistan

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KABUL (AFP) — Two Britons helping with upcoming Afghan elections and their interpreter were killed by unidentified attackers in northeastern Afghanistan, a government official and Western diplomat told AFP.

Interior ministry spokesman Litfula Mashal said the three were killed in the remote mountainous province of Nuristan, bordering Pakistan, in an incident the United Nations said was a setback to the country's fragile vote preparations.

"Three people working for the British security firm Global Risk were killed by unidentified armed men in the Mandol district," Mashal said.

"Their bodies were discovered this morning in the village of Mandol by troops from the 28th division in Nuristan," he said.

"We still don't know the nationality of the two...