Americans Were Among 22 Killed in Kabul Hotel Attack, U.S. Says
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Americans Were Among 22 Killed in Kabul Hotel Attack, U.S. Says
American officials said they were not yet able to publicly identify the citizens who were killed or injured, but Afghan officials said it appeared
that at least three people with American citizenship — all of them either dual citizens or with family roots in Afghanistan — had lost their lives.
23, 2018
KABUL, Afghanistan — The State Department said on Tuesday
that United States citizens were among the victims of the Taliban attack on a hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, over the weekend, which killed 22 people.
Ahmad Shakib Mostaghni, a spokesman for the Afghan Foreign Ministry, said
that paperwork for 10 of the foreign citizens was completed and that their bodies would be flown to their home countries soon.
At least 14 of their victims were foreign citizens, nine of them pilots
and flight crew members from Ukraine and Venezuela who worked for a private Afghan airline, Kam Air.
Much of the hotel looks charred in photographs that have leaked out,
and Afghan officials said many of the bodies were burned or in bad shape, making the identification process difficult.
The death of American citizens in an attack claimed by the group is likely to increase the tensions between the United States and Pakistan.
American officials said they were not yet able to publicly identify the citizens who were killed or injured, but Afghan officials said it appeared
that at least three people with American citizenship — all of them either dual citizens or with family roots in Afghanistan — had lost their lives.
23, 2018
KABUL, Afghanistan — The State Department said on Tuesday
that United States citizens were among the victims of the Taliban attack on a hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, over the weekend, which killed 22 people.
Ahmad Shakib Mostaghni, a spokesman for the Afghan Foreign Ministry, said
that paperwork for 10 of the foreign citizens was completed and that their bodies would be flown to their home countries soon.
At least 14 of their victims were foreign citizens, nine of them pilots
and flight crew members from Ukraine and Venezuela who worked for a private Afghan airline, Kam Air.
Much of the hotel looks charred in photographs that have leaked out,
and Afghan officials said many of the bodies were burned or in bad shape, making the identification process difficult.
The death of American citizens in an attack claimed by the group is likely to increase the tensions between the United States and Pakistan.