Kabul resort assault ends as 3 gunmen killed, ISIS claims accountability

Three armed males concerned within the assault at a resort in Afghanistan’s Kabul have been gunned down by safety forces. ISIS claimed accountability for the assault.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Dec 13, 2022 07:37 IST

The assault was carried out on the Longan Hotel, the place foreigners, together with Chinese, typically keep. 

By India Today Web Desk: A day after Afghanistan’s Kabul was rocked by an echo of gunfire in a resort catering to international guests, three armed males concerned within the assault are reported to have been killed by safety forces, placing an finish to the arbitrary assassination try.

Meanwhile, the Islamic State group claimed accountability for a lethal assault on a resort in Kabul.

The group mentioned two of its personnel “attacked a big hotel frequented by Chinese diplomats and businessmen in Kabul, where they detonated two explosive devices hidden inside two bags,” considered one of them focusing on a celebration for Chinese visitors and the opposite focusing on the reception corridor, reported AFP.

One of the 2 fighters threw hand grenades at Taliban officers who have been making an attempt to cease them, whereas the opposite started detonating explosive gadgets he had caught on the resort room doorways and firing at resort visitors, IS mentioned in an announcement.

In the assault, two foreigners have been injured in an obvious bid to flee by leaping from the resort’s balcony. Kabul’s Emergency Hospital, run by an Italian non-profit close to the attacked resort within the Shahr-e-Naw space, reported receiving 21 casualties – 18 injured and three useless on arrival, reported Reuters.

According to the Taliban-run administration, the assault was carried out on the Longan Hotel, the place foreigners, together with Chinese, typically keep.

Khalid Zadran, the Taliban-appointed spokesman for the Kabul police chief, mentioned the assault lasted a number of hours. He mentioned a “clean-up” operation was ongoing.

Incidentally, the assault got here a day after China’s ambassador met the Afghan deputy international minister to debate security-related issues and sought extra consideration on the safety of its embassy.

(With enter from companies)

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Dec 13, 2022