Afghanistan: Siege at Kabul Hotel Kills at Least 18

Four gunmen entered the Intercontinental Hotel in the Bagh-e Bala area of Kabul and began an attack using small arms and grenades, though the Taliban released pictures of five attackers. Some reports suggest the attackers may have entered the hotel via a service entrance, and may have been let in by a kitchen employee. The gunmen asked where foreigners were in the hotel, passed over several people who said they were Afghan, then went room to room searching for non-Afghans to kill. Six Ukrainians were among those killed. Some reports, including one from Reuters, put the number killed as high as 30. Security forces eventually killed the gunmen after a 16-hour siege, reportedly with cooperation from Western military officials. The Taliban claimed credit for the attack....