美国国务院证实，上周末在阿富汗首都喀布尔洲际酒店发生的袭击事件中，有四名美国人丧生，另外还有两个美国人受伤。
国务院发言人诺尔特星期三发表声明宣布了这一消息，但没有透露美国遇难者的身份。
前川普竞选团队官员盖茨的发言人塞里格在多为外国人下榻的喀布尔洲际酒店遭受的炸弹袭击和围攻中丧生。盖茨在美国特别检察官调查俄罗斯是否干预美国大选时被起诉。
塞里格在佛罗里达州拥有的公关公司发表声明，说他在喀布尔为公司办理业务时，与其他至少21人死于这场为时14个小时的袭击事件。袭击星期六开始，持续到星期天。
身穿军装和自杀炸弹背心的枪手攻进了酒店厨房，然后进入会议厅和酒店的其它楼层，一路向酒店住客开枪射击。
阿富汗内政部的一份声明说，与阿富汗塔利班结盟的恐怖组织哈卡尼网络策划发动了这场暴力袭击。
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.