{"id":7777,"date":"2019-07-14T11:38:07","date_gmt":"2019-07-14T11:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/7777-taliban-militants-storm-hotel-in-northwestern-afghanistan-kill-at-least-eight-people\/"},"modified":"2019-07-14T11:38:07","modified_gmt":"2019-07-14T11:38:07","slug":"taliban-militants-storm-hotel-in-northwestern-afghanistan-kill-at-least-eight-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/7777-taliban-militants-storm-hotel-in-northwestern-afghanistan-kill-at-least-eight-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban militants storm hotel in northwestern Afghanistan, kill at least eight people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">Members of the Taliban militant group have attacked a hotel in Afghanistan\u2019s northwestern province of Badghis, killing at least eight people and wounding nearly a dozen more, officials say.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>Members of the Taliban militant group have attacked a hotel in Afghanistan\u2019s northwestern province of Badghis, killing at least eight people and wounding nearly a dozen more, officials say.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to Interior Ministry\u2019s spokesman Nusrat Rahimi, three Taliban militants assaulted a commercial building housing a hotel in Chawk-e-Pesta neighborhood in the provincial capital of Qala-e-Naw at around 12:40 pm local time on Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Afghanistan\u2019s Tolo News TV further quoted him as saying that the militants began firing indiscriminately at people after entering the hotel, killing eight security officials and ten others, seven of whom were security forces.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rahimi added that two of the assailants were killed in an ongoing exchange of fire with security forces. 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