Huge truck bomb rocks foreign compound in Afghan capital of Kabul

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Deutsche Welle‎:

7/31/16

 

A powerful truck bomb exploded near the Northgate Hotel in Kabul in the early hours of Monday morning, security officials said. A police officer was killed and the three attackers were dead after a seven-hour gunbattle.

 

"The operation is over now," Kabul Police Chief Abdul Rahman Rahimi told reporters. "One policeman lost his life and three others were wounded but none of the hotel staff or guests were hurt."

 

The Taliban gunmen had stormed the upscale hotel, which is located close to the US-run Bagram airbase and houses international contractors. The Northgate is a heavily-guarded facility with blast walls and watchtowers.

 

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