Kabul (ANTARA News) - An Afghan employee killed a U.S. citizen and wounded another in a "shooting incident" at an annex of the U.S. embassy in Kabul on Sunday night, an embassy spokesman said.

"There was a shooting incident at an annex of the U.S. embassy in Kabul last night involving an Afghan employee who was killed. The motivation for the attack is still under investigation at this time," U.S. embassy spokesman Gavin Sundwall said on Monday.

The injuries to the second U.S. citizen were not life-threatening, Sundwall added.

The annex is believed to be used by the Central Intelligence Agency, which has declined comment on the incident.

One US citizen was killed and another wounded in a shooting at a US embassy annex in Kabul late Sunday, a spokesman for the embassy said Monday.

"There was a shooting incident at an annex of the US embassy in Kabul involving an Afghan employee who was killed," said US embassy spokesman Gavin Sundwall. "One US citizen was killed, one was wounded."

Reuters/AFP/H-AK

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