Armed men on Monday opened fire inside a building in central Kabul that housed some foreigners, two Taliban sources told Reuters.

📹 | Local media reports attack on a Chinese hotel in #Afghanistan‘s capital #Kabul.pic.twitter.com/tIUP1wF4Y0

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“It was a very loud explosion and then there was a lot of gunfire,” a witness told AFP, while local media also reported similar details.

Armed attackers have reportedly entered a heavily guarded hotel known as “Chinese Hotel” housing Chinese and other international guests in Kabul. pic.twitter.com/rWwAEnMX3k

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Residents of the Shahr-e-Naw area in central Kabul said shootings continued in the area after a powerful explosion. They said the attack was carried out at a hotel where Chinese and other foreigners usually stay.

A spokesperson for Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

Source: Reuters (edited by Al-Manar English Website)