The word “siege” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2020. Today the opening carries none. 4 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. “siege” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 4.
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The opening as it read in 2020
Armed Taliban militants performed a major attack on a popular lakefront resort on Lake Qargha near Kabul . The attack happened just before midnight. The Taliban militants shot several guards and took over 50 hostages and held them at gunpoint and armed with explosives. A wedding party of some 300 guests hid in the lake for several hours until the situation was dealt with by a combined force of ANA and ISAF troops as well as air support. Some 12 hours later the death toll stood at 21, including 17 civilians inside the resort hotel in addition to a policeman and several security guards. Norwegian soldiers from the Forsvarets Spesialkommando mentoring ANA was heavily involved in dealing with the situation and rescue of guests. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, claiming that they attacked the restaurant to frame foreigners and "indecent behavior" such as drinking alcohol.1 "Afghan troops end 12-hour siege after Taliban militants launch suicide attack on popular restaurant" . "Her stormer norske spesialstyrker gissel-restauranten" (in Norwegian). 22 June 2012.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Armed Taliban militants performed a major attack on a popular lakefront resort on Lake Qargha near Kabul . The attack happened just before midnight. The Taliban militants shot several guards and took over 50 hostages and held them at gunpoint and armed with explosives. A wedding party of some 300 guests hid in the lake for several hours until the situation was dealt with by a combined force of ANA and ISAF troops as well as air support. Some 12 hours later the death toll stood at 21, including 17 civilians inside the resort hotel in addition to a policeman and several security guards. Norwegian soldiers from the Forsvarets Spesialkommando mentoring ANA was heavily involved in dealing with the situation and rescue of guests.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Hostage incident near Kabul Armed Taliban militants performed a major attack on a popular lakefront resort on Lake Qargha near Kabul . The attack happened just before midnight. The Taliban militants shot several guards and took over 50 hostages and held them at gunpoint and armed with explosives. A wedding party of some 300 guests hid in the lake for several hours until the situation was dealt with by a combined force of ANA and ISAF troops as well as air support. Some 12 hours later the death toll stood at 21, including 17 civilians inside the resort hotel in addition to a policeman and several security guards. Norwegian soldiers from the Forsvarets Spesialkommando mentoring ANA was heavily involved in dealing with the situation and rescue of guests. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, claiming that they attacked the restaurant to frame foreigners and "indecent behavior" such as drinking alcohol. "Afghan troops end 12-hour siege after Taliban militants launch suicide attack on popular restaurant" . "Her stormer norske spesialstyrker gissel-restauranten" (in Norwegian). 22 June 2012.
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Hostage incident near Kabul Armed Taliban militants performed a major attack on a popular lakefront resort on Lake Qargha near Kabul . The attack happened just before midnight. The Taliban militants shot several guards and took over 250-300 hostages and held them at gunpoint and armed with explosives. A wedding party of some 300 guests hid in the lake for several hours until the situation was dealt with by a combined force of ANA and ISAF troops as well as air support. Some 12 hours later the death toll stood at 21, including 17 civilians inside the resort hotel in addition to a policeman and several security guards. Norwegian soldiers from the Forsvarets Spesialkommando mentoring ANA was heavily involved in dealing with the situation and rescue of guests. "Afghan troops end 12-hour siege after Taliban militants launch suicide attack on popular restaurant" . "Her stormer norske spesialstyrker gissel-restauranten" (in Norwegian). 22 June 2012.
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