KABUL - Afghan Taliban gunmen who attacked a popular lakeside hotel on the outskirts of the Afghan capital are holding several hostages, thought to include women and children, and some people have been killed, police said on June 22.
“It would be very easy for police to kill them, but we are
afraid because there are civilians, including women and
children, trapped inside. We are waiting for daylight,” said
General Mohammad Zahir, head of the Kabul police investigation
unit.
“According to the information we have, they have martyred
some of them,” he said, meaning an unknown number of civilians
had been killed.
Afghan Taliban gunmen, some armed with rocket-propelled
grenades and heavy machine guns, attacked the Spozhmai Hotel in
Kabul’s popular Qargha Lake recreation area late overnight,
triggering a gunbattle in the darkness.
