Taliban Storm Resort Hotel (1 Viewer)

[DeathHand]

Back on June 22., 2012 heavily armed Taliban gunmen stormed a lakeside hotel near Kabul, sending terrified guests jumping from windows or into a lake to try to escape the onslaught. Eighteen people were killed in the 12-hour rampage, their bullet-riddled bodies strewn on carpets, on the lawn and a blood-smeared patio.

The attack, which ended at midday Friday, was a gruesome reminder of the Taliban’s determination to scare the Afghan people and undermine efforts to stabilize the nation as U.S.-led forces prepare to withdraw by the end of 2014.

The insurgents arrived shortly before midnight at the Spozhmai hotel, situated in a wooded area on the banks of the turquoise-colored Qargha Lake, where Afghan families often go to relax and forget about the war.

The gunmen — toting machine-guns, rocket-propelled grenades and vests laden with explosives — first killed the hotel’s security guards, then pushed their way inside and began firing at guests who were having late-night meals. Gunfire rang out for hours and black smoke rose from the two-story hotel as NATO helicopters circled overhead.

Set 1.

1. Smoke rises from the resort hotel.

2. NATO Blackhawk helicopters in the air over the resort.

3. Two NATO Blackhawk helicopters fly in low before unleashing several missiles into the resort.

4. These Afghans took refuge in the water or by clinging to the outer fence of the resort to escape the shooting.

 

[DeathHand]

The attack turned the normally placid hotel into a bloody scene of bodies and half-eaten food. One man with a gunshot wound to his torso was found dead under a tree. The bodies of two other men in blood-stained clothes were slumped over one another in the grass. The body of one of the attackers was lying on a blood-stained stone patio.

Some of the guests escaped while others were held hostage as the attackers battled more than 100 Afghan security forces who rushed to the scene with support from some coalition troops. The forces helped rescue more than 40 guests from the hotel.

There were differing accounts about the number of attackers. The Afghan police special forces’ commander, Brig. Gen. Sayed Mohammad Roshan, said seven gunmen had been shot and killed, while the Taliban claimed only four of their fighters were involved.

Set 2.

5. The Blackhawks pumping in missiles on the resort.

6. The Afghan Special Forces take the island and move in to clear the resort of Taliban and/or booby traps.

7. Two Afghan vacationers shot dead.

8. Members of the police and Afghan military at the scene.

 

[DeathHand]

Mohammad Qasim, who survived the attack, said he went to the reception desk at the hotel to tell the manager that he suspected militants had entered the building.
“Before I finished talking with the manager, they fired on us,” Qasim said. The manager “hid himself behind his desk, but around three to four other guys who were guards and waiters were killed by the attackers.”
Windows were shattered. Wicker chairs and tables were overturned on the lawn. A sugar bowl, chipped by flying bullets was lying on a red carpet next to a teapot and a baby bottle filled with milk. One table still had plates of French fries, salad and glasses half-filled with tea.

Set 3.

9. Two vacationers shot dead beside the table where they were sitting when the Taliban attack began.

10. Two Afghan police at the bullet riddled windows of the reort.

11. Vacationers' bodies are loaded into an ambulance.

12. An Afghan vacationer lies dead after being shot dead by the Taliban.

 

[DeathHand]

“Some of the guests jumped from the window into the hotel yard. They were hiding under trees or any safe place they could find,” said Mohammad Zahir, criminal director for Kabul police. “Three of the guests jumped into the lake and hid in the water.”
An Associated Press photograph showed the three, who survived the attack, clinging to a stone wall that kept them hidden from the gunmen.

Set 4.


13. A dead vacationer lies where he/she was shot.

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14. The bloodied hand of a dead Taliban attacker.

15. The body of an attacker.

16. The dead body of a vacationer is lifted into an ambulance.

 

[DeathHand]

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, the U.S.-led international military coalition and the U.S. Embassy in Kabul all condemned the attack, issuing statements accusing the Taliban of deliberately targeting civilians. Fourteen Afghan civilians, three security guards and an Afghan police officer died in the attack, Afghan police said.

U.S. Marine Gen. John Allen, the top commander of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan, also seized the opportunity to nudge Pakistan into taking stronger measures against insurgents hiding on its side of the Afghan-Pakistan border. He said the attack was likely carried out by fighters loyal to the Haqqani network. The al-Qaida-linked group is based in Pakistan and regularly targets Afghan and coalition forces in Afghanistan, and conducts deadly attacks in Kabul.

Set 5.

17. Body of a dead Taliban.

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[DeathHand]

Set 6.

21. Body of a Taliban attacker after being killed by Afghan forces.

22. Afghan police and army in one of the main dining halls of the resort after the Taliban were defeated.

23. A wounded Afghan soldier.

24. Norwiegan Special Forces assisted the Afghans soldiers. This is at the front gate of the resort.

 

[b2ux]

nice set of pics good deal

 

[(M.G.T.)]

D.H. i think i am repeating this all the time : U R THE BEST IN THE GORE GRISH FORUMS ,and btw let those mother fuckers (the taliban) fucking them selves we had enough of killing childrens,womens , old men, in the name of Allah ,,,,,, Allah did not order those mother fuckers to kill innocent people .

in the end LOVE U MAN

 

[no1uno]

Why would anyone go on vacation there?

 

[Angelahh]

Well looks like Im changing my Kabul Vacation plans pfft

 

[Airbornemama]

Another thread DeathHand, those fuckers like to hit where it hurts, innocent people just trying, and I say trying to enjoy some family time and forget about the war if only for A weekend and this kinda shit happens.

 

[collaredgirl65]

Awesome set of photos.

 

[(M.G.T.)]

Drop the bomb on these mf's already. Fuck finding life on mars and fuck peace activists. Just wipe out all these deplorable countries and put a U.S flag up![/quote

 

[GoreErectus]

As an American, this kind of shit really disgusts me. No, I don't support our troops. And this and many incidents like it are why.