Taliban storm lakeside hotel in Kabul, 18 dead
- Published: 22 Jun 2012 at 06.48
- Online news: Asia
Taliban militants armed with guns and rockets attacked a lakeside hotel near Kabul overnight, seizing dozens of hostages including women and children and killing at least 18 people.
NATO UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters fly near the Spozhmai hotel on Qargha lake in the outskirts of Kabul on June 22. Taliban militants armed with guns and rockets attacked the hotel near Kabul overnight, seizing dozens of hostages including women and children and killing at least 18 people.
It took the government 12 hours to declare the brazen assault on the Spozhmai Hotel over with all four militants killed, after security forces earlier freed a number of the hostages.
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