At least 21 people, including three Americans and 11 other foreigners, were killed in a suicide attack on a popular Lebanese restaurant in Kabul on Friday, NBC News reported. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. The State Department confirmed Saturday that three Americans -- two were American University of Afghanistan employees -- died in the attack. Sediq Seddiqi, the spokesman for Afghanistan's Ministry of Interior, told NBC News on Saturday that foreigners killed include Germans, Canadians, Russians and Lebanese. He said they included diplomats, but he would not elaborate. There were conflicting accounts of the attack, but Reuters and The Associated Press quoted unnamed security officials as saying one attacker detonated a bomb and two others then fired on restaurant customers and employees. The other two were killed by security guards, according to the reports. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a statement Saturday that the attack was in response to a recent NATO airstrike in Parwan that caused civilian casualties.
