At least four gunmen attacked Kabul’s landmark Intercontinental Hotel on Saturday and started shooting at guests, officials said, in an assault that is still under way. “Four attackers are inside the building,” an official at the National Directorate of Security (NDS) spy agency told AFP. A guest hiding in a room told AFP he could hear gunfire inside the state-owned 1960s hotel. I beg the security forces to rescue us as soon as possible before they reach and kill us.” His phone was switched off when AFP tried to contact him again. Some of the occupants inside the hotel are hiding on the second floor, a security source said.

Source: Pakistan Today January 20, 2018 17:27 UTC