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Agence France-Presse: German and Afghan guard killed in Kabul guest house attack

By Agence France-Presse.

Published May 21, 2017 at 1:49 pm

An Afghan man talks on a phone in front a guest house used by foreign workers and that was attacked by gunmen in Kabul on May 21. A German aid worker and an Afghan guard were killed as gunmen stormed an international guest house in central Kabul, officials said May 21, as insecurity rises in the war-torn country. A Finnish woman is missing and presumed to be kidnapped in the attack late May 20 on the guest house run by a Swedish charity called Operation Mercy.

Photo by AFP

A German aid worker and an Afghan guard were killed as gunmen stormed an international guest house in central Kabul, officials said Sunday, as insecurity rises in the war-torn country.

A Finnish woman is missing and presumed to be kidnapped in the attack late Saturday on the guest house run by a Swedish charity called Operation Mercy.