At least 40 people were killed in the attack on Kabul’s luxury Intercontinental Hotel at the weekend, official figures showed on Thursday - almost double the earlier toll released by Afghan authorities. “The final death toll (among Afghans) from Intercontinental Hotel attack stands at 25,” health ministry spokesman Wahid Majrooh told AFP. Afghan officials had previously said 22 people were killed in the massacre, the majority of them foreigners. Among the foreigners killed were seven Ukrainians, four Americans, two Venezuelans, one Kazakh and a German. “The United States strongly condemns the attack on January 20 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul,” US state department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said on Wednesday, announcing the US toll.

Source: Hindustan Times January 25, 2018 09:00 UTC