Taliban and the Islamic Party (Hizb-e- Islami) today claimed responsibility for killing eight foreigners and two Afghan interpreters in Afghanistan's northeast Badakshan province. Talking to media from undisclosed location, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid alleged that the foreigners were preaching Christianity and so they punished them. Another radical militant group, the Islamic Party ( Hizb-e-Islami) under former Prime Minister Gulbudin Hekmatyar, also claimed responsibility. Provincial police chief Aqa Noor Kintoz said eight foreigners and two local interpreters were killed by unknown gunmen in Karan-o-Manjan district of Badakhshan province yesterday. Kintoz also said that two of the victims were Americans while the remaining six were Germans.