Taliban militants have killed 12 civilians in Afghanistan, including six men working on government projects, local officials have said.
The bodies of the six contractors were found in western Herat province. They were shot after attempts to negotiate their release failed.
Separately, six civilians were killed in the eastern Paktia province.
Attacks on government contractors have increased as Nato prepares to withdraw its combat troops in 2014.
'Working for everyone'The bodies of the six men - four engineers and two other workers - were discovered in Herat's Gulran province. They had been shot in the head.
The men had been involved in project run by the National Solidarity Programme - an agency set up by Afghanistan's ministry of rural rehabilitation and development. The NSP is primarily funded by the World Bank.
The contractors were kidnapped on Sunday and shot late on Monday despite efforts by the provincial authorities to negotiate their release.
"We had gathered some elders to meet the Taliban to tell them that they (contractors)... worked for everyone in the country, but the Taliban killed them before they arrived for negotiations," Herat Governor Fazlullah Wahidi told Reuters.
Meanwhile, the bodies of six civilians were found in Paktia, local officials said.
The victims - all drivers - had been killed by the Taliban because they were working with the government, Paktia's deputy Governor Abdul Wali Sehee told Reuters.
The Taliban have so far made no public comments on the attacks.
Earlier this month, nine road building contractors and a policeman were killed by insurgents in Herat.
By the end of 2014, all foreign combat troops are due to have left Afghanistan to be replaced - if approved by the government in Kabul - by a smaller force that will only train and advise.
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