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Smoke and flames rise from the Intercontinental hotel during a battle between NATO-led forces and suicide bombers and Taliban insurgents in Kabul June 29, 2011.
Thursday, Jun. 30, 2011

Open quoteI wrote my little will, just in case.Close quote

  • SAIZ AHMED,
  • an American Ph.D. student in Afghanistan who was trapped in Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel on Wednesday when Taliban gunmen seized it, resulting in a five-hour standoff and a death toll of 19
Photo: REUTERS / Stringer | Source: CNN