A German national injured in an armed attack in northern Afghanistan Friday died of his wounds in hospital Saturday, local officials said. "Yesterday at around 4:30pm (1200 GMT), two unknown armed motorcyclists shot a German national as he was on his way from Khulm district (Balkh province) to the city of Mazar-i-Sharif," Balkh deputy police chief Abdul Rauof Taj told AFP.
"He was taken to a German-run hospital in Mazar city by police. We have been informed that he died in the hospital today."