Afghan Special Forces End Deadly Siege At The Intercontinental Hotel In Kabul. 40 Killed Including 14 Foreighners

Daily Mail: Taliban gunmen killed 14 foreigners and four Afghans in armed assault on international hotel in Kabul where one desperate guest using bedsheets to escape survived a fall from the FIFTH FLOOR

* Eighteen people in total were killed at the Intercontinental Hotel in the Afghan capital last night by gunmen
* The Taliban has since claimed responsibility for the brutal attack at the six-storey luxury accommodation
* People trapped were seen climbing from the roof with bedsheets as black smoke billowed from windows

Taliban gunmen who stormed a Kabul hotel killed 14 foreigners and four Afghans during a 12-hour rampage which left desperate guests tying bedsheets together in an attempt to flee.

Terrorists stormed the luxury Intercontinental Hotel yesterday evening, with fire and smoke seen engulfing the building perched on a hilltop overlooking the Afghan capital.

Dramatic footage showed people climbing down from balconies on the six-storey block as black smoke billowed out of rooms.

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WNU Editor: Reports are now coming in that 40 were killed .... Kabul Intercontinental Hotel siege leaves more than 40 dead, Afghanistan official says (FOX News)

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