US embassy: At least two American citizens 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 Afghhan 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. (Reuters)