Were The Kabul Attackers Inspired By Mumbai?

From Pasport/Foreign Policy:

The way that this morning's trio of attacks in Kabul played out seemed troublingly similar to November's attacks in Mumbai: a coordinated series of assaults involving gunmen on multiple targets combined with hostage-taking. Could the huge international attention generated by Mumbai have inspired the Taliban? I e-mailed terrorism expert Bruce Hoffman of Georgetown University to ask if this could be a new model for terrorist operations. His take:

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My Comment: Of course they were inspired by Mumbai. But unlike Mumbai, Afghan security forces reacted very quickly to kill these attackers.