29/06/2011 11:14
Suicide bombers attack Kabul hotel
Afghan police say seven people have been killed in a more than four-hour standoff between militants and police at a hotel in the Afghan capital, AP reported.
Four suicide bombers attacked the Inter-Continental hotel, which is frequented by Afghan officials and foreign visitors.
Eight other people — two policemen and six civilians — were wounded in the attack which ended early Wednesday when NATO helicopters fired rockets at gunmen on the rooftop of the besieged hotel and Afghan security forces stormed the top of the building.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.