KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuters) ? Afghan Taliban gunmen, some armed with rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns, have attacked a hotel in Kabul?s popular Qargha Lake recreation area, setting off a gun battle with the hotel?s security guards, the Afghan police said on Friday.
Mohammad Zahir, head of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Kabul police, said it was not known if there were casualties in the attack inside the Spozhmai Hotel.
The Afghan Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, saying wealthy Afghans and foreigners used the hotel to have ?wild parties? in the hours before the start of the Friday religious holiday.
Attacks across Afghanistan have surged in recent days, with three United States soldiers and more than a dozen civilians killed in successive attacks, mostly in eastern Afghanistan, which has so far been a focus for NATO-led forces during the summer fighting months.
The Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, said in a speech to a special session of Parliament on Thursday that attacks by insurgents against local police and soldiers were increasing as foreign combat troops prepared to leave the country in 2014.
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