Ministry of Interior Affairs (MoI) announced that five civilians have been killed and six others including three security personnel have been injured in ongoing militants attack on Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul.
Najib Danish, spokesman for MoI, said that five floors have been cleared of insurgents and only the sixth floor remains.
This comes after gunmen stormed the hotel at about 9pm on Saturday night. By 9.23am on Sunday the situation still had not been brought under complete control.
Heavy gunfire and explosions were heard throughout the night as Special Forces, including the Crisis Response Unit, tried to end the siege.
Meanwhile Danish said that by 8.30 am two attackers had been killed and security forces were still looking for at least one more if not two.
He added by 8.30am over 100 guests and staff had been rescued of which 16 were foreign nationals.
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