Security forces walk towards the Intercontinental Hotel. (AP Photo)Security staff fledA witness told AFP that the hotel’s security team fled “without a fight”, leaving guests to their fate. “I was asking them, where should I go?”Afghan security forces leave from the site of an incident after gunmen attacked the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan. (REUTERS)An interior ministry spokesman has confirmed to AFP that the hotel’s security had been taken over by a private company just three weeks earlier. As he waited for news of his colleagues, Tayeb updated his Facebook status to thank his friends for their prayers.

Source: Hindustan Times January 21, 2018 08:15 UTC