Three Western female aid workers shot dead in Afghanistan

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KABUL (AFP) — Three Western women aid workers and their Afghan driver were shot dead Wednesday by gunmen who fired numerous times into their vehicle near the capital Kabul, Afghan police and their organisation said.

The killings, claimed by the insurgent Taliban, are the deadliest in years involving international aid workers and come amid warnings about deteriorating security, said to be at its worst since the 2001 ouster of the Taliban regime.

The women were members of the International Rescue Committee, which has worked with refugees in Afghanistan for 25 years.

The women were named by the IRC on its website as British-Canadian Jacqueline Kirk, 40, of Outrement, Quebec, a dual citizen of Canada and Britain; Trinidadian-American Nicole Dial, 30, a dual...