Officials said four gunmen began firing on saturday evening, shooting at staff and guests. Translation at first i heard some gunfire and after 15 minutes, a worker from the hotel approached and said suicide attackers entered the hotel. Local media reports say several people have been killed. Its unclear how many, yet it is believed the security guards at the entrance to the hotel may be among those injured. The Intercontinental Hotel in kabul is popular with foreign guests, situated on a hilltop outside the city and has been the target of an attack before in 2011 when 21 people died. Security forces said two of the gunman had been shot and killed. Two more are thought to be hiding in the building with reports they had taken hostages on the upper floors. The attack comes days after the us embassy in kabul issued a warning about hotels in the city, saying extremist groups may be planning an attack and saying hotels as well as public gatherings could be potential targets. It is still not
That was stormed by militants. Several gunmen burst into the Intercontinental Hotel on saturday evening, shooting at guests and staff and detonating grenades. At least five people have been killed and eight wounded. The siege is ongoing. Armed security patrolling the roads around kabuls Intercontinental Hotel. These pictures taken at midnight, three hours after the shooting began. Officials said four gunmen began firing on saturday evening, shooting at staff and guests. Translation at first i heard some gunfire and after 15 minutes, a worker from the hotel approached and said suicide attackers entered the hotel. Local media reports say several people have been killed. Its unclear how many, yet it is believed the security guards at the entrance to the hotel may be among those injured. The Intercontinental Hotel in kabul is popular with foreign guests, situated on a hilltop outside the city and has been the target of an attack before in 2011 when 21 people died. Security forces said two
That was stormed by militants. Several gunmen burst into the Intercontinental Hotel on saturday evening, shooting at guests and staff and detonating grenades. The Afghan Interior Ministry said two of the attackers had been killed. Andrew plant reports. Armed security patrolling the roads around kabuls Intercontinental Hotel. These pictures taken at midnight, three hours after the shooting began. Officials said four gunmen began firing on saturday evening, shooting at staff and guests. Translation at first i heard some gunfire and after 15 minutes, a worker from the hotel approached and said suicide attackers entered the hotel. Local media reports say several people have been killed. Its unclear how many, yet it is believed the security guards at the entrance to the hotel may be among those injured. The Intercontinental Hotel in kabul is popular with foreign guests, situated on a hilltop outside the city and has been the target of an attack before in 2011 when 21 people died. Security f
Effect. And the Dominican Republic accused of dumping people like dogs on its border. Hello, there are still major trust issues between the greek government and its international creditors. Those were the words of the eurogroup president as he and fellow Foreign Ministers met to consider last ditch efforts to avoid greek bankruptcy. Greece has asked for 54 tbl to cover the countryz 54 billion to cover the countrys debts for the last four years. But some believe they would feed much more than that. On top of the 240 billion, and it would add to the total debt mountain of 3 twl 20 billion euros. 320 billion euros. First symons report on the days developments so far. Finance ministers arrived in brussels to pass judgment on greeks proposals. I think were here to make a lot more progress. But liberals from Alexis Tsiprassalexistsiprass own party voting against it. Higher taxes spending cuts. Do finance ministers believe greece can deliver . There is of course a major question of trust can
In in corruption. His assets have been seized. After hours of tense negotiations and months of arguments in emergency summit, finally a breakthrough in the bail greeces bail out. There will be a new loan package worth 82 billion to 86 euros. The reforms include streamlining the pension system. Boosting revenue especially from sales tax. Liberalizing the market, and extending shop opening hours. Greece will transfer 50 billion eurs into a fund to be prepared for the eventual privatization of athens. A deal at last. After talks that went through the night they discussed the scenario of the greece exit. After 70 hours of negotiations we have finally reached it. Someone can say that we have an agreekment. But its no laughing matter for the greeks. They will sell off 50 billions of state assets. The deal is difficult but were prevented the plan of financial asphyxiation, and and a plan that recentry started to be implemented. We achieved the restructuring of the debt and financing in the me