Update 8.30pm: Nasrat Rahimi, a deputy spokesman for the interior ministry, confirmed that there were four attackers. One was and killed by Afghan security forces, while three others are still inside the hotel, he added. Update 6.35pm: Afghanistan hotel under attack by gunmenGunmen have attacked a hotel in Afghanistan, where they are exchanging fire with security forces. A spokesperson for the country’s interior ministry says the group, who’ve targeted the site in Kabul, appear to have included suicide bombers. Interior ministry spokesman Najib Danish said Afghan special forces have arrived at the hotel in response to the incident.

Source: Evening echo January 20, 2018 18:45 UTC