Multiple American citizens were killed and injured in the Taliban’s 13-hour siege of a hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, the US State Department said Tuesday. Multiple American citizens were killed and injured in the Taliban’s 13-hour siege of a hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, the US State Department said Tuesday. In total, 22 people were killed in the attack including 14 foreigners, Afghan officials have said. The six Taliban militants who stormed Kabul’s Intercontinental Hotel on Saturday in suicide vests were looking for foreigners and Afghan officials to kill. In addition to the Americans killed in the attack, six Ukrainians, two Venezuelan pilots for KamAir and a citizen of Kazakhstan and a citizen of Germany were also killed, officials have said.

Source: Irish Independent January 23, 2018 14:48 UTC