http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/03/20/gunmen-attack-major-hotel-in-afghanistan/?intcmp=latestnewsKABUL, Afghanistan ? The four gunmen were swift as they entered the Kabul hotel, making their way to the restaurant where they pulled out small pistols and began shooting diners in the head, killing nine people, including two Canadians and an Afghan journalist, his wife and two children, officials said Friday.
The Afghan capital has been hit by several attacks, but authorities appeared stunned that the militants had managed to get through the tight security at the Serena hotel -- considered one of the safest places to stay in Kabul.
The shooting spree was the latest in a series of high-profile attacks as the Taliban and allied militants step up a campaign of violence in the weeks leading to April 5 national elections.
Among the victims was Sardar Ahmad, a widely respected 40-year-old an Afghan journalist who was killed along his wife and
