Blast at a hotel in Kabul killed four hotel employees and injured six other people. ·Afghan Interior Ministry confirmed suicide explosion and gun-fighting went off at Serena Hotel.

STOCKHOLM, Jan. 14 – Two Norwegians are among the injured on Monday in an explosion and firing attack at a luxury hotel in Afghan capital Kabul, according to reports reaching here from Oslo.

KABUL – In a new effort to end the growing Taliban insurgency, a council of Afghan political and tribal leaders hopes to hold talks with elements of the Islamic group aimed at including them in the government.