5-Hour siege at Kabul guest house ends, 2 Indians among 5 dead

Kabul : Gunmen stormed into a guest house filled with foreigners in Afghanistan capital Kabul on Wednesday evening. The incident killed 5 people, including 2 Indians and 1 American. The area was seized by the Army soon after the attack began at 8:30 PM local time.

Highlights:

• Gunmen stormed into a guest house in Kabul

• Guest house was popular with foreign tourists

• Dozens of people got trapped amid firing and fighting of rescuers and attackers

• Five people lost their lives in the tragic incident

• Two Indian-origin men also lost their lives

• Drama ended after 5 hours of sieze

• Earlier on Wednesday, gunmen opened fire at a meeting of prominent Muslim clerics in the southern province of Helmand, killing at least seven people.