No Vacancies! Kabul’s Only Decent Hotel - the Intercontinental - Falls Under Taliban Control

Meanwhile, the US that took on the added responsibility for goes on in Afghanistan, isn't performing well there either. This Saturday, the Taliban militants captured one of the two decent hotels in Kabul - the Intercontinental.

Meanwhile, the US that took on the added responsibility for goes on in Afghanistan, isn't performing well there either. This Saturday, the Taliban militants captured one of the two decent hotels in Kabul — the Intercontinental. According to the contradictory data, it was either hosting a wedding, or some international conference, perhaps even both.

 

Anyway, after the military tried to free the hostages 18 people were killed. According to BBC and the local police, as quoted by Interfax 9 of them were the citizens of Ukraine, 4 Afghans, and three people from Kazakhstan, Greece, and Germany respectively. That's all for now. Two bodies weren’t identified. Twenty people went missing.