Four Western journalists were killed in Afghanistan...

Four Western journalists were killed in Afghanistan when a convoy of vehicles was ambushed. Witnesses claimed they were lined up with an interpreter and shot by their attackers - thought to be members of the Taliban.
They were in a convoy of up to eight vehicles travelling from Jalalabad to Kabul when they were stopped at gunpoint about 55 miles east of the capital.
Two of the cars were stopped by the armed men, who forced the journalists from the vehicles.
Two journalists from British news agency Reuters were among the dead. They were Australian TV cameraman Harry Burton and Afghan-born photographer Azizullah Haidari.
The other victims were Italian Maria Grazia Cutuli, a highly regarded reporter for Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, and Spanish journalist Julio Fuentes, a leading foreign correspondent for Spanish daily El Mundo.
All four bodies were later recovered from the scene at Tangi Abrishum and taken to the Spinghar Hotel, used as a media headquarters, in Jalalabad.
The interpreter was believed to be a local man.
Surviving driver Ashad Ullah told shocked news colleagues how the Italian and Spaniard were marched to their deaths.
He said: "They were in my car when we were stopped. The gunmen were wearing black turbans, they were Taliban.
"The Italian lady and the Spanish man were marched down to a river bank and made to kneel down. They fired three bullets into their backs."
Fellow driver Mohammed Farrad claimed he heard three or four bursts of Kalashnikov fire after the gunmen began to march the journalists into the hills.
He said: "They took the journalists up the mountain and, when the journalists turned to look at them, the gunmen shot."
The drivers fled and warned the rest of the convoy, which was some distance behind, to turn back. The rest of the journalists, who were two hours into their journey when the attack happened, managed to escape the ambush and return to Jalalabad.
The convoy was travelling through a province that is mainly under the control of anti-Taliban forces. But some Taliban stragglers and Arab fighters loyal to Osama bin Laden are still believed to be in the area.
The Committee to Protect Journalists said that 37 newsmen have been killed so far in 2001.
Seven of those were victims of on-going civil wars and seven have died in Afghanistan.