Standoff at Afghan hotel over; Taliban kill 8
Terrorist group said it attacked hotel because it served alcohol, housed other un-Islamic activities
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan police say Taliban insurgents have killed eight people — half of them civilians — in an attack on a lakeside hotel just north of Kabul.
The attack set off an hours-long gunbattle with Afghan forces. Kabul police department says the last attacker was killed about midday Friday and that the standoff is over.
The police say the dead include four civilians, three security guards and a police officer.
At least three suicide bombers — armed with machines guns, rocket-propelled grenades and vests laden with explosives —stormed the Spozhmai hotel at Qargha Lake before midnight on Thursday.
Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid says they attacked the hotel because foreigners were there drinking and participating in other activities banned by Islam.
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