French filmmaker Severin
Blanchet has been killed in a
suicide attack by insurgents on
a hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan.
The documentary filmmaker,
who was training young
Afghans at the French film
school Ateliers Varan, was killed
on Friday (26Feb10) at the Park
Residence, a popular
guesthouse for foreigners,
reports the New York Times. He
was 66.
According to police officials, at
least 18 people, including
French, Italian, Afghan and
many Indian nationals, were
killed in suicide and car bomb
attacks on two guesthouses in
the capital.
French Foreign Minister Bernard
Kouchner paid tribute to the
filmmaker on Friday, saying: I
salute the memory of our
compatriot Severin Blanchet. He
was a privileged partner in
French cultural action in
Afghanistan. We will pursue
with determination the work
that he had started with such
generosity and solidarity.
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