Aid worker killed in Kabul hotel shootings

Thor Hesla

Thor Hesla was among six dead in a Taliban attack on the Hotel Serena, Kabul, on 14th January 2008. Hesla was in Afghanistan working for USAID.

The Taliban said it was behind the attack that killed him, carried out by suicide bombers and gunmen. Six other people were killed at Kabul's Serena hotel that day including journalist, Carsten Thomassen.