http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091028/wl_asia_afp/afghanistanunrestvote3rdleadwrap]Six UN staff dead in Taliban raid on Kabul hostel (AFP)[/URL]



AFP - Taliban suicide gunmen stormed a UN hostel in Kabul on Wednesday, killing six foreign staff in an assault the Islamist militia said marked the start of a bloody countdown to new Afghan elections.