German woman killed in Kabul

Gunmen have stormed a guesthouse in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing a female German national and a security guard. Authorities are investigating whether the attack was terror or crime-related.

The German Foreign Ministry has confirmed that a German woman was killed overnight Sunday in western Kabul.

Najib Danish, a spokesman for the Afghan Interior Ministry, told reporters that a Finnish woman had also been kidnapped and a private security guard shot dead in course of the same assault.