美國務院：阿富汗酒店襲擊中有4名美國人喪生
The U.S. State Department has confirmed that four Americans were among those killed in an attack on the Intercontinental Hotel in the Afghan capital, Kabul, over the weekend. Two other U.S. citizens were injured.
State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert made the announcement in a statement on Wednesday, but she did not identify the victims.
A spokesman for Rick Gates, the former Trump campaign official indicted in the Russia investigation, was killed during the bombing and siege of the hotel, which catered to foreigners.
Glenn Selig was in Kabul on business related to his Florida public relations firm when he became one of at least 22 people killed during a 14-hour attack that began Saturday night and stretched into Sunday, his company reported in a statement.
The siege began when gunmen wearing army uniforms and suicide vests stormed the hotel kitchen. They then moved into conference halls and other floors of the building, while shooting at guests.
An Afghan Interior Ministry statement claimed the Taliban-allied Haqqani network of terrorists plotted the violence.美國國務院證實，上週末在阿富汗首都喀布爾洲際酒店發生的襲擊事件中，有四名美國人喪生，另外還有兩個美國人受傷。
國務院發言人諾爾特星期三發表聲明宣佈了這一消息，但沒有透露美國遇難者的身份。
前川普競選團隊官員蓋茨的發言人塞裏格在多爲外國人下榻的喀布爾洲際酒店遭受的炸彈襲擊和圍攻中喪生。蓋茨在美國特別檢察官調查俄羅斯是否干預美國大選時被起訴。
塞裏格在佛羅里達州擁有的公關公司發表聲明，說他在喀布爾爲公司辦理業務時，與其他至少21人死於這場爲時14個小時的襲擊事件。襲擊星期六開始，持續到星期天。
身穿軍裝和自殺炸彈背心的槍手攻進了酒店廚房，然後進入會議廳和酒店的其它樓層，一路向酒店住客開槍射擊。
阿富汗內政部的一份聲明說，與阿富汗塔利班結盟的恐怖組織哈卡尼網絡策劃發動了這場暴力襲擊。
