Luxury Hotel and Kabul

Kabul: Four men with pistols stuffed in their socks attacked a luxury hotel in Kabul, opening fire in a restaurant and killing nine people, including four foreigners, two of them Canadian, according to 660 News. The Afghan capital has been hit by several attacks, but authorities appeared stunned that the militants had managed to get through the tight security at the Serena hotel considered one of the safest places to stay in Kabul and A Foreign Affairs spokesman says two Canadian citizens have been killed in a brazen and cowardly attack on a hotel in Kabul. Afghan authorities initially said only two security guards had been wounded in the brazen assault on the Serena hotel in Kabul. Deputy Interior Minister Gen. Mohammad Ayub Salangi later told The Associated Press that the Afghan fatalities included two men, two women and one child while the foreigners included two women and two men. Officials told a press conference Friday they were from Canada, New Zealand, India and Pakistan. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.