Kabul siege ends after 20 hours

KABUL (Reuters) - A marathon siege in Kabul's diplomatic enclave ended on Wednesday with the death of the last two of a group of gunmen who had held off Western and Afghan security forces for nearly 20 hours, showering rockets on Western embassies in a dramatic show of insurgent strength.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/18503ae5/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Kabul+siege+ends+after+20+hours&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F09%2F14%2Fuk-afghanistan-attacks-idUKTRE78D0S720110914%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Kabul+siege+ends+after+20+hours&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F09%2F14%2Fuk-afghanistan-attacks-idUKTRE78D0S720110914%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/112924320003/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/18503ae5/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/112924320003/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/18503ae5/a2.img" border="0"/></a> [More]

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