UK aid worker dies in Afghan ambush

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Dr Kirk, a University of Ulster research fellow, was one of three IRC workers gunned down in an ambush in the Logar province of the war-torn country.

The 40-year-old dual UK and Canadian citizen was affiliated to the university's International Conflict Research centre, based at its Coleraine campus.

The women's Afghan driver was also killed.

At Logar province's Pul-e-Alam hospital, Dr Mir Mabub Shah said all four bodies had bullet wounds.

The attack was carried out by five gunmen brandishing assault rifles who stepped out of a small village area and fired at the IRC vehicles on the main road.

The IRC vehicle, a white off-road SUV, was riddled with hundreds of bullets.

It had stickers on the side of the vehicle saying IRC. The women had been travelling from the eastern city of Gardez to Kabul when they were attacked.

The International Rescue Committee provides emergency relief, rehabilitation, protection of human rights and post-conflict development in countries around the world, according to its website.