Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) Gunmen who raided the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul killed at least 18 people during a 12-hour standoff with security forces that ended Sunday, Afghan authorities said. Four gunmen were also killed by Afghan security forces responding to the attack, he said. Afghan security forces went on every floor of the six-story hotel in a clearing operation, said Danish. Ukrainian victimsUkrainian nationals were among those killed during the hotel attack, according to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. Hotel was attacked in 2011Flames light up the sky in the 2011 attack on the Kabul hotel.

Source: CNN January 21, 2018 05:53 UTC