Afghan's first vice presid­ent calls deadly attack on Interc­ontine­ntal hotel ‘securi­ty and intell­igence failur­e’Afghan spy agency, National Directorate Security (NDS) is quick to blame Pakistan for almost every terrorist attack in the country to hide its failure to stem the tide of violence. Kabul hotel attack death toll rises to 43, including 14 foreignersInitial investigations show that the explosives used by Taliban insurgents in the attack on the Intercontinental Hotel came from Pakistan, TOLONews quoted NDS as claiming. The spy agency also claimed that it has recovered the vehicle that the attackers used to enter the hotel compound. A group of heavily armed insurgents launched a coordinated attack on Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul late on Saturday night, triggering a standoff that lasted for almost 15 hours. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the deadly attack.

Source: The Express Tribune January 24, 2018 05:15 UTC