When the Taliban raided his Kabul hotel, pilot Vasileios Vasileiou had to think fast

In January 2018, a Greek pilot called Vasileios Vasileiou checked into the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul. The hotel was popular with international visitors - and the Taliban knew that. On January 20th they launched an attack. Vasileios was in his room at the time, and he describes how he hid from the attackers.

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21 January 2019