The Intercontinental Hotel siege in Kabul came to an end on Sunday after all the gunmen were killed, reports say. Interior Ministry spokesperson, Najib Danish, said the hotel came under attack at around 9pm local time. At least 18 people, including 14 foreigners, were killed in a bloody Taliban-claimed assault on a luxury hotel in Kabul, an interior ministry spokesman said Sunday, hours after the overnight attack ended. “Fourteen foreigners were killed and four Afghans,” interior ministry spokesman Najib Danish told Afghanistan’s Tolo News, without specifying the nationalities involved. The Intercontinental Hotel was previously attacked by Taliban fighters in 2011.

Source: Punch January 21, 2018 15:00 UTC