Gunmen burst into Kabul's luxury Intercontinental Hotel today (January 20, 2018), shooting at guests and staff and setting the building on fire, officials said, as security forces battled to end the more than eight-hour-long assault, according to the AFP (Agence France-Presse) website.
Special forces were lowered by helicopters onto the roof of the landmark hilltop hotel during the night-time siege, interior ministry deputy spokesman Nasrat Rahimi told AFP, adding two attackers had been killed.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the latest assault in the war-torn Afghan capital.
"Seven wounded people have been taken to hospital," Rahimi said. He added that fatality figures will be released once the operation ends.
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