Gun battles between insurgents and Afghan security forces have continued at a hotel in the capital, Kabul, where at least five persons have been killed.
At least six others were injured in the siege which began when four militants armed with suicide jackets and weapons stormed the Bagh-e-Bala Intercontinental Hotel.
Several rooms of the six-storey building are said to have caught fire in the attack.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
