The perpetrators attacked the two men with a screwdriver and a glass bottle and stole cash and an iPhone from the two men, whose identity remains unknown
The flights chartered by Glenn Beck-funded charity, Mercury One, have cost the organization $750,000 each and are now sitting empty at an airport in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif.
The family of three comprising 50-year-old Ang Gelu Lama, 48-year-old Mingma Sherpa and their son, 2-year-old Lobsang Lama, had all drowned before rescuers could get to them.