Inter-Continental Hotel

(Newser) - NATO helicopters fired rockets at gunmen on the rooftop of a besieged Kabul hotel , ending a more than four-hour standoff between militants and police that left at least seven dead and eight others wounded, Afghan officials said. Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said six suicide bombers attacked the Inter-Continental hotel...

(Newser) - One of Kabul's top hotels is under siege, reports the BBC . Initial sketchy reports suggest that several gunmen and suicide bombers got into the Inter-Continental Hotel about 10pm local time and were exchanging fire with security forces. No official word yet on casualties amid the chaos, but a US...