Firefight in Kabul hotels Several armed Taliban have entered an apartment hotel in the Afghan capital Kabul and a firefight going on. 20 persons have been evacuated , but six foreigners remaining in the building. A suicide bomber in a car loaded with explosives blew up today outside a hotel in the Afghan capital Kabuls upscale neighborhoods. The attack was directed at a small hotel that is usually inhabited by foreigners, reports Reuters . Six foreigners are left in the building in Kabul, which is besieged by the Taliban , including three Americans, one Peruvian and one Malaysian , reports the Reuters news agency . A witness says that 20 people have been evacuated from the residence. A witness describes them as foreigners and some of them are children. The Taliban issued a statement taken on the deed , claiming that the target was a small hotel and a church. - A suicide bomber detonated his car laden with explosives outside a small hotel where it often lives both foreigners and Afghan citizens and now are apparently several suicide bombers inside, says a spokesman for the Kabul police . - There is an ongoing firefight . There are no data on deaths or injuries. Located in an area with many embassies under consistent information on Twitter and close to where SR- journalist Nils Horner was shot dead . The Swedish Embassy is a few streets away . The State Department has not yet been able to confirm if there were Swedes at the apartment complex that was attacked . - The only thing we can say right now is that the Embassy is aware of the incident and investigating if there may be some Swedes who suffered , says Erik Wirkensjö on the Foreign Ministrys press department told TT. nyheter.se.msn/utrikes/eldstrid-p%C3%A5-hotell-i-kabul
Posted on: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:27:04 +0000
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