Attack At Intercontinental Kabul

At least 40 people were killed in the attack on Kabul's luxury Intercontinental Hotel at the weekend, official figures showed Thursday -- almost double the earlier toll released by Afghan authorities.

At least 22 people are now known to have died when Taliban terrorists slaughtered guests at a luxury Kabul hotel, Afghan officials said Monday, as fears grew that the attackers may have had inside help.

Gunmen in army uniforms who stormed Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel late on Saturday and battled Afghan Special Forces through the night killed at least 19 people and wounded 12 more, although the final toll of dead and wounded may still be higher.

Gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in Kabul and killed at least six people including a foreigner, sparking a 12-hour battle that left terrified guests scrambling to escape and parts of the building ablaze.

An attack on Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel that left at least five people dead, including one foreigner, has ended, the interior ministry said Sunday, more than 12 hours after gunmen stormed the building.

Gunmen burst into Kabul's luxury Intercontinental Hotel on Saturday, shooting at guests and staff and setting the building on fire, officials said, as security forces battled to end the more than eleven-hours-long assault. Five people have been killed and eight others are wounded, an official said Sunday.

At least four gunmen attacked Kabul's landmark Intercontinental Hotel in a night-time raid on Saturday and started shooting at guests and staff, officials said, in an hours-long assault that is still ongoing.

The Kabul attack started when four gunmen entered the Inter-Continental hotel and opened fire at the guests.

Four gunmen have launched a massive attack at Kabul's luxury Intercontinental Hotel and are shooting at guests, an Afghan official told news agency AFP. Local media reports say the gunmen may have taken hostages.

At least one suicide bomber blew himself up late Tuesday night inside a Western-style hotel in Kabul, police said. The Associated Press reported that Afghan police were battling the assailants with machine-gun fire and rocket-propelled grenades as tracer rounds went up over the blacked out building.Associated Press reporters at the scene heard burs...

At least 40 people were killed in the attack on Kabul's luxury Intercontinental Hotel at the weekend, official figures showed Thursday -- almost double the earlier toll released by Afghan authorities.

At least 22 people are now known to have died when Taliban terrorists slaughtered guests at a luxury Kabul hotel, Afghan officials said Monday, as fears grew that the attackers may have had inside help.

Gunmen in army uniforms who stormed Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel late on Saturday and battled Afghan Special Forces through the night killed at least 19 people and wounded 12 more, although the final toll of dead and wounded may still be higher.

Gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in Kabul and killed at least six people including a foreigner, sparking a 12-hour battle that left terrified guests scrambling to escape and parts of the building ablaze.

An attack on Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel that left at least five people dead, including one foreigner, has ended, the interior ministry said Sunday, more than 12 hours after gunmen stormed the building.

Gunmen burst into Kabul's luxury Intercontinental Hotel on Saturday, shooting at guests and staff and setting the building on fire, officials said, as security forces battled to end the more than eleven-hours-long assault. Five people have been killed and eight others are wounded, an official said Sunday.

At least four gunmen attacked Kabul's landmark Intercontinental Hotel in a night-time raid on Saturday and started shooting at guests and staff, officials said, in an hours-long assault that is still ongoing.

The Kabul attack started when four gunmen entered the Inter-Continental hotel and opened fire at the guests.

Four gunmen have launched a massive attack at Kabul's luxury Intercontinental Hotel and are shooting at guests, an Afghan official told news agency AFP. Local media reports say the gunmen may have taken hostages.

At least one suicide bomber blew himself up late Tuesday night inside a Western-style hotel in Kabul, police said. The Associated Press reported that Afghan police were battling the assailants with machine-gun fire and rocket-propelled grenades as tracer rounds went up over the blacked out building.Associated Press reporters at the scene heard burs...