Afghanistan alleges foreign hand in hotel attack

Published March 23, 2014 2:50pm ET



KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s presidency says its spy agency believes that a foreign intelligence service, and not the country’s main militant groups, was behind the attack on a Kabul hotel last week that killed nine people, including two children and four foreigners.

A statement from President Hamid Karzai’s office said the spy agency briefed Afghanistan’s top security officials.

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