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Taliban attack Kabul hotel


CNN reports on the Taliban attack on the Spoghmai Hotel, a lakeside resort in Kabul. As of this posting, at least 20 people, most of them civilians, were killed in the assault. Afghan security forces have retaken the hotel, freed the remaining hostages, and killed up to seven insurgents.

See Long War Journal coverage: Afghan soldiers retake Kabul hotel after Taliban assault



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