KABUL — A convoy of a dozen foreign tourists including three Americans was ambushed and attacked by Taliban militants Thursday in a remote region of western Afghanistan, leaving at least six people injured, Afghan officials said.

None of the travelers was immediately identified, and the nationalities of the injured were also not known.

The tourists were traveling in a minibus with an Afghan army escort vehicle on a rural highway in Herat province when they came under Taliban attack with gunfire and rockets. A spokesman for the provincial governor said six of the 12 travelers were wounded, including one woman and a driver. He said none of the injuries was life-threatening and that they ‘‘seemed to be superficial.’’

Efforts were underway to airlift the victims by helicopter to Herat, the provincial capital. The tourists included six British citizens, three Americans, two Scots and one German, the spokesman said.

Initial news reports of 10 foreigners killed in the assault were inaccurate.

It was not known why the tourists were visiting the region, but the highway on which they were driving connects Herat with Bamiyan province, home of the historic seventh-century Buddha statues carved into high cliffs.

There are also other religious sites in the region, including a world-famous Persian shrine and an ancient citadel in Herat, which is near the border with Iran.

Washington Post