These were doctors working for a charity from the US, mostly helping children 
and women. A guard opened up fire and a nurse was also injured in the attack. He was the guard that had been hired to protect the doctors.
The Cure International Hospital was founded in 2005 and sees 37,000 patients a year. The attacker emerged from surgery as he survived.
No motive has been identified yet as a reason for the attack but stay tuned as I’m sure we’ll hear more. BD
The U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan confirmed Thursday that three American doctors -- including a father and son -- were killed by an Afghan security guard who opened fire at a Kabul hospital.
"With great sadness we confirm that three Americans were killed in the attack at CURE Hospital," said a statement posted on the Embassy's Twitter page. "No other information will be released at this time."
The shooting was the latest in a string of deadly attacks on foreign civilians in the Afghan capital this year.
Two of the dead Americans were a father and son, Minister of Health Soraya Dalil said, adding that the third American was a Cure International doctor who had worked for seven years in Kabul.
"Five doctors had entered the compound of the hospital and were walking toward the building when the guard opened fire on them," Torkystani said. "Three foreign doctors were killed."
According to its website, the Cure International Hospital was founded in 2005 by invitation of the Afghan Ministry of Health. It sees 37,000 patients a year, specializing in child and maternity health as well as general surgery. It is affiliated with the Christian charity Cure International, which operates in 29 countries with the motto "curing the sick and proclaiming the kingdom of God."
On April 4, an Afghan police officer shot two Associated Press staff working in the eastern province of Khost, killing photographer Anja Niedringhaus and wounding veteran correspondent Kathy Gannon.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/04/24/afghan-security-guard-shoots-dead-3-foreigners-in-hospital/
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