Armed militants opened fire inside a hotel in central Kabul popular with Chinese nationals. The attack on Kabul Longan Hotel in the Shahr-e-Naw neighborhood, popular with Chinese citizens, comes just a few days after Pakistan's top diplomat in Kabul was attacked by ISIS gunmen. The latest string of violent incidents in Afghanistan points to rising instability, as the Taliban grapple with security incidents raising questions about its governance capability.
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A video posted on Twitter by a Kabul-based journalist, which has also been verified by Reuters, showed smoke billowing out of a multi-storey building, with one lower floor on fire.
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Gunfire reportedly continued for hours in the hotel, and a fire also broke out on one of the floors. Afghan government sources have claimed that the attack had ended as of the filing of this report, with 3 of the attackers killed, and 2 foreign guests receiving minor injuries.
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