Taliban Suicide Team Attacks Hotel In Kabul
June 29 2011
Afghanistan
One of Afghanistan's largest hotels has come under attack by the Taliban.
Kabul's Inter-Continental Hotel was stormed late Tuesday and retaken with NATO help early Wednesday after a five-hour siege, reports MSNBC.
At least eight suicide bombers entered the hotel and seized the ballroom, shooting indiscriminately, witnesses said. They were said to be armed with machine guns, anti-aircraft weapons, hand grenades and grenade launchers.
Security forces engaged the attackers....
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