Spozhmai Hotel

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Kabul Forces End Hotel Takeover by Taliban

 20 Dead as Taliban 
 Hotel Takeover Ends 
45 hostages freed
Jun 22, 2012 5:46 AM CDT

20 Dead as Taliban Hotel Takeover Ends

At least 20 dead as militants are killed

(Newser) - The takeover of a hotel near Kabul by heavily armed Taliban gunmen has ended. Kabul police and other Afghan security forces backed by US-led NATO troops stormed the Spozhmai Hotel in the Lake Qargha area, freeing the remaining 45 civilian hostages. At least 20 people were killed in the operation,...

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