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Kabul hotel guests describe lax security

Kabul - Emiratesvoice

Visitors to an upmarket Kabul hotel attacked by Taliban gunmen have described glaring security breaches before the assailants went on a bloody rampage targeting guests, in a city constantly under threat. Bags were not checked, scanners did not work and body searches were non-existent, according to witnesses, as the private company providing security to the state-owned Intercontinental Hotel comes under the spotlight.Read more

Taliban militants 'searched for foreigners'

Kabul - Emiratesvoice

Taliban militants who killed at least 22 people at a luxury Kabul hotel went from room to room searching for foreigners, survivors and a security source said Monday as more details of the victims emerged. Insurgents armed with Kalashnikovs and suicide vests attacked the landmark Intercontinental Hotel overlooking the Afghan capital late Saturday, in an assault that lasted more thanRead more

Six Ukrainians among 18 dead in Taliban attack

Kabul - Emiratesvoice

Gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in Kabul and killed at least 18 people, most of them foreigners, sparking a 12-hour battle with Afghan forces backed by Norwegian troops that left terrified guests scrambling to escape. Six Ukrainians were among those killed in the Taliban-claimed assault on the six-storey Intercontinental Hotel in the Afghan capital, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin saidRead more

Attack under way on Kabul luxury hotel: officials

Kabul - Emiratesvoice

Gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in Kabul and killed at least six persons, including a foreigner, sparking a 12-hour battle that left terrified guests scrambling to escape and parts of the building ablaze.The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack on the six-storey Intercontinental Hotel on a hilltop overlooking the Afghan capital. People trapped at the top of the building tiedRead more

At least five dead in Kabul hotel attack

Kabul - Emiratesvoice

Gunmen killed at least five people and wounded eight others in an attack on Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel, an official said Sunday, as the eleven hours-long siege continues. "Five are dead," an official with the Afghan spy agency told AFP, adding 100 hostages have been released. Read more

Kabul hotel attack is over: interior ministry

Kabul - Emiratesvoice

An attack on Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel that left at least five people dead, including one foreigner, has ended, the interior ministry said Sunday, more than 12 hours after gunmen stormed the building. "All three attackers were killed," interior ministry spokesman Najib Danish told Tolo News, adding 153 people have been rescued, including more than 40 foreigners. Read more

Afghanistan's buzkashi horses prepare for battle

Kabul - Emiratesvoice

The rugged men of northern Afghanistan raise their buzkashi horses to be warrior princes, ready for the savagery of polo with a headless carcass. Mounts, like their riders, must be brave, strong and fast to compete in the traditional sport of buzkashi, which means “dragging the goat” in Persian. The game involves ripping a 50-kilogram carcass from the fray of horses andRead more

IS cells operate in Kabul under noses of Afghan and US forces

Kabul - Emiratesvoice

Middle-class Afghans turned jihadists have assisted the Islamic State group's expansion from its stronghold in Afghanistan's restive east to Kabul, analysts say, helping to make the capital one of the deadliest places in the country. IS has claimed nearly 20 attacks across Kabul in 18 months, with cells including students, professors and shopkeepers evading Afghan and US security forces toRead more

World in focus - best images for January 5, 2018

Dubai - Emirates Voice

Take a look at some of the best images from around the world in the past 24 hours More galleries from The National: Kabul terror attack Bomb cyclone pounds US east coastRead more