A group of fighters attacked the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul Tuesday Chief of Criminal Investigation, Mohammed Zahir told CNN.
A spokesman for the Taliban, Zabiullah Mujahid, said the Taliban was responsible for the attack on the hotel, which is popular among international guests.
The hotel is located on a hill on the outskirts of Kabul and is typically protected by heavy security. A news conference was scheduled to take place Wednesday in the hotel to discuss the planned transition of security from international to Afghan forces.
The incident came on the same day that Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell announced that NATO and other members of the international community involved in Afghanistan have decided to increase the number of security forces in the Afghan National Army and the Afghan National Police to 352,000.
Luxury hotel in Kabul attacked
