Off the wire
• Death toll climbs to 96 in fresh Nepal quake  • New Zealand intelligence watchdog launches probe on WTO spying claim  • China partners with ASEAN in tackling cross-border diseases  • China securities authority approves IPO of nuclear giant  • South China on blue alert for heavy rain  • Halal, kosher certification to be investigated by Australia  • Australian politician wants to lower the voting age to 16  • Indian stocks open lower  • NZ car rental firms to start tighter rules for foreign drivers in June  • Australia worries slow growth in New Zealand manufacturing  
You are here: 　 Home

2 Indians among killed in attack on Afghan capital guesthouse

Xinhua, May 14, 2015 Adjust font size:

At least two Indians were among nine people killed in a seven-hour-long siege on a guesthouse in the Afghan capital by gunmen late Wednesday night, sources said Thursday.

Those killed also included an American national and some of the attackers who led the siege at the Park Palace guesthouse in Kabul 's Kolola Pushta area around 8.30 p.m. local time, opening indiscriminate fire on people who had gathered there.

Three other Indians who were in the guesthouse at the time of the attack have been rescued while one more has been missing, the sources said, adding the Indian envoy could have been the intended target as the Indian Embassy is in the same area and the Ambassador was also supposed to attend an event there.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is currently on a three-day visit to China, has tweeted: "In the aircraft I got news about the attack in Kabul. Am concerned about the situation & I pray for everyone's safety (sic)." Endi