Read this account of the hotel bombing by someone who was there. Chilling….

Dinner in Kabul (Lisa Schiffren)

I turn on the afterburners and start cutting up the hall following a trail of blood leading to the basement. Everyone is running as fast as possible. I lost my cousin in this mess, I get down two flights of steps in the secure basement of the Serena where I see Arif. We greet each other, and I check to see he isnt injured. I asked him are you ok, he is fine, we quickly move to the deeper portion of the basement. Amongst us is the Norwegian Foreign Minister, and his security contingent. Also is the UN Human Rights activist Sima Samar, also a former Womens Minister of the Karzai Administration. We get in the cafeteria and we more Afghan politicians are amongst us, with europeans and foreigners. Karzai’’s oldest brother is also trapped with us and he is pacing franticly as we are un-aware of what is going on in the lobby. We can hear shots and we can hear booms, but the remaining security personnel is posted at the doors and is ready to shoot at will.

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