Kabul hotel attack kills eight: police

KABUL: A Taliban suicide assault on a lakeside hotel near Kabul has killed eight people, including four civilians, a police spokesman said Friday.

The 12-hour attack on the Spozhmai hotel on Qargha lake, a beauty spot popular with picnickers, ended at around 11:00 am (0630 GMT) with the death of the last militant, Hashmat Stanikzai, the chief spokesman for Kabul police told