Multiple Americans killed in Taliban attack on Kabul hotel: report

Source: The Hill | January 23, 2018 | Brett Samuels

Multiple Americans were killed and injured in a Taliban attack on a hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, this weekend, The Associated Press reported Tuesday.

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Twenty-two people were killed in the attack on Saturday at the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul. Of those, 14 were foreigners; 11 of them had previously been identified.

The attack began when six Taliban militants stormed the hotel in suicide vests. More than 150 people managed to escape the hotel.

Afghanistan officials have said an investigation is underway to find out how the attackers got into the building so easily, The Associated Press reported.

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