IMF official killed in Kabul attack

Chief of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde said here that the Fund's Resident Representative in Afghanistan was killed during an attack on a restaurant in Kabul. "We have just learned that our dear colleague and friend Wabel Abdallah, our Resident Representative in Afghanistan, was killed in an attack at a restaurant in Kabul in which many people were killed," Lagarde announced in a statement, late on Friday She stressed "this is tragic news, and we at the fund are all devastated." "Our hearts go out to Wabels family and friends, as well as the other victims of this attack," she remarked. Abdallah, 60, a Lebanese national, was appointed Resident Representative in June 2008. He joined the Fund from the Central Bank of Lebanon in 1993, and has held various IMF positions, especially on the IMFs activities and operations in the Middle East. Source: KUNA