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Taliban Attack at Resort Hotel Near Kabul Kills 20

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Smoke rose from a hotel at the site of a Taliban attack on the outskirts of Kabul on Friday.

By HABIB ZAHORI, ALISSA J. RUBIN and JAWAD SUKHANYAR

Published: June 22, 2012

QARGHA LAKE, Afghanistan – Twenty people were killed when seven Taliban militants shot their way into a much-visited lakeside resort here and took scores of hostages during an 11-hour siege, Afghan officials said on Friday.