3 dead and foreign nationals injured after gunmen attack Kabul hotel - CNN

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Three radical were killed and galore others injured aft gunmen attacked a edifice successful Kabul, the Afghan capital, connected Monday.

The onslaught started astir 2:30 p.m. section clip successful Kabul’s commercialized Shar-e-Naw area, with civilians successful the building, according to constabulary main spokesperson Khalid Zadran.

An eyewitness who lived adjacent told CNN helium saw a gunfight interruption retired aft gunmen attacked the hotel.

Police sent information forces to the scene, launching an cognition to wide the area. The onslaught ended with each 3 gunmen killed and edifice guests safely evacuated, according to a tweet from Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mojahid connected Monday.

Mojahid added that nary overseas nationals were killed, but 2 overseas nationals were wounded aft jumping from the rooftop.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian told reporters astatine a briefing connected Tuesday that 5 Chinese nationals were among the injured.

Videos posted connected Twitter by a writer successful Kabul and verified by Reuters showed fume billowing retired of 1 of the floors amid sounds of gunshots, portion a idiosyncratic was seen trying to flight the onslaught by jumping retired of a edifice window.

Afterward, an exigency non-profit successful Kabul tweeted that it received 21 casualties astatine their infirmary located adjacent the attack, including 3 who were dormant connected accomplishment – abstracted from the 3 attackers killed.

The onslaught came a time aft China’s ambassador met the Afghan lawman overseas curate to sermon security-related matters and sought much attraction connected the extortion of its embassy.

China’s state-run Xinhua quality bureau said the onslaught happened adjacent a Chinese guesthouse and its embassy successful Kabul was intimately monitoring the situation.

Several bombings person taken spot successful Afghanistan successful caller months, including an onslaught connected the Pakistan embassy earlier this period and a termination blast adjacent the Russian embassy successful September. Both attacks were claimed by the Islamic State.