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Three other people had been killed and lots of others injured after gunmen attacked a lodge in Kabul, the Afghan capital, on Monday.
The assault began round 2:30 p.m. native time in Kabul’s business Shar-e-Naw space, with civilians within the construction, in keeping with police leader spokesman Khalid Zadran.
An eyewitness who lived within reach advised CNN he noticed a gunfight get away after gunmen attacked the lodge.
Police despatched safety forces to the scene, launching an operation to transparent the realm. The assault ended with all 3 gunmen killed and lodge visitors safely evacuated, in keeping with a tweet from Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mojahid on Monday.
Mojahid added that no international nationals had been killed, however two international nationals had been wounded after leaping from the rooftop.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian advised newshounds at a briefing on Tuesday that 5 Chinese nationals had been a number of the injured.
Videos posted on Twitter by way of a journalist in Kabul and verified by way of Reuters confirmed smoke billowing out of one of the vital flooring amid sounds of gunshots, whilst an individual used to be observed seeking to break out the assault by way of leaping out of a lodge window.
Afterward, an emergency non-profit in Kabul tweeted that it won 21 casualties at their health center positioned close to the assault, together with 3 who had been lifeless on arrival – break free the 3 attackers killed.
The assault got here an afternoon after China’s ambassador met the Afghan deputy international minister to speak about security-related issues and sought extra consideration at the coverage of its embassy.
China’s state-run Xinhua information company mentioned the assault took place close to a Chinese guesthouse and its embassy in Kabul used to be carefully tracking the location.
Several bombings have taken position in Afghanistan in contemporary months, together with an assault at the Pakistan embassy previous this month and a suicide blast close to the Russian embassy in September. Both assaults had been claimed by way of the Islamic State.
