Kabul Hotel Attack Ends as 3 Gunmen Killed; 2 Foreigners Injured

A hotel fire in Shahr-e-Naw neighborhood where gunfire was also heard, in Kabul, Afghanistan on Dec. 12, 2022, in a still from video. Social media video via Reuters

KABUL—Armed men opened fire on Monday inside a hotel in central Kabul popular with Chinese nationals in an attack that ended when at least three gunmen were killed by security forces.

Two foreigners were injured while trying to escape by jumping from the hotel balcony, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid wrote on Twitter.