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Shootings, explosion in Kabul foreigner residence building

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  • Source: Agencies
  • 12 Dec 2022 13:29
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Kabul is shaken by an explosion that targeted a foreigners' residence housing Chinese and other nationals, sources revealed.

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    Smoke rises from a hotel building after an explosions and gunfire in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. A Taliban official says that a hotel building has come under a complex attack in the Afghan capital Kabul (AP Photo)

Armed men on Monday opened fire inside a building in central Kabul that housed some foreigners, two Taliban sources told Reuters. 

#Kabul Chinese Hotel Shar e Naw pic.twitter.com/6CuYmA6bO2

— Raza Sahibzada (@RazaSahibzada1) December 12, 2022

📹 | Local media reports attack on a Chinese hotel in #Afghanistan's capital #Kabul.pic.twitter.com/tIUP1wF4Y0

— EHA News (@eha_news) December 12, 2022

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"It was a very loud explosion and then there was a lot of gunfire," a witness told AFP, while local media also reported similar details.

Armed attackers have reportedly entered a heavily guarded hotel known as “Chinese Hotel” housing Chinese and other international guests in Kabul. pic.twitter.com/rWwAEnMX3k

— [email protected] (@jamyawan55) December 12, 2022

Residents of the Shahr-e-Naw area in central Kabul said shootings continued in the area after a powerful explosion. They said the attack was carried out at a hotel where Chinese and other foreigners usually stay.

A spokesperson for Afghanistan's Interior Ministry did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

More updates to follow...

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