BREAKING NEWS

US embassy says at least two Americans killed in Kabul attack

At least two private US citizens were among the 21 people killed in Friday's attack by Taliban fighters on a restaurant in Kabul, the US embassy in the Afghan capital said in a post on Twitter.

The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) representative in Afghanistan and four United Nations staff were also killed when a suicide bomber and gunmen stormed the restaurant popular with expatriates.