Commandos were continuing their sweep of another hotel, the Oberoi-Trident, where a number of guests were trapped in their rooms or being held hostage, said JK Dutt, of the National Security Guards.

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During the storm, Guarisco kept a nurse and a doctor, as well as security guards and National Guardsmen at the door.

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In that attack, a car approached the gate of a compound used by the National Directorate of Security and exploded, killing two guards and wounding three others, said regional government spokesman Ahmad Zia Abdulzai.

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This assistance has paid for the training and outfitting of 400 Presidential Guards and 2, 700 soldiers in the National Security Forces.

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Last week, the National Directorate of Security, in the city centre, was attacked, and four guards working for the intelligence services were killed.

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