Several dead as Kabul hotel attack continues

An attack on Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel continued on Sunday after gunmen seized hostages and exchanged gunfire with security forces overnight, killing several people. The hotel on top of a hill caught fire and residents as staff fled on Satuday and a fresh plume of black smoke rose above the building on Sunday morning. Officials said there were as many as four attackers and at least two of them had been killed as Afghan Special Forces cleared the first floor and moved up the building, battling the raiders, who appeared to have a large supply of hand grenades. A security cordon was put into place and ambulances were on standby.