Violence in Kabul

Smoke rises over Kabul after Taliban gunmen launched gun and bomb attacks in the capital of Afghanistan Photograph: AP Photograph: guardian.co.uk A security guard in front of the Serena hotel as smoke hangs in the street Photograph: Farzana Wahidy/AP Photograph: Farzana Wahidy/guardian.co.uk A soldier keeps watch as smoke billows from a building where clashes between Taliban-linked militants and security forces took place Photograph: Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Shah Marai/guardian.co.uk Afghan National Army soldiers take cover behind a Humvee military vehicle as smoke billows from a building where clashes took place between Taliban-linked militants and security forces Photograph: Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Shah Marai/guardian.co.uk Afghan police walk past a burning building Photograph: Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Shah Marai/guardian.co.uk An injured Afghan commando lies on the ground as people flee Photograph: Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Massoud Hossaini/guardian.co.uk An Afghan policeman takes position near a burning building amid the fighting Photograph: Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Massoud Hossaini/guardian.co.uk Afghan commandos take position at a government building that came under attack Photograph: Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Massoud Hossaini/guardian.co.uk The site of a suicide attack, with police visible through the smoke Photograph: Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Shah Marai/guardian.co.uk Security forces at the scene of an attack Photograph: Ahmad Massoud/AP Photograph: Ahmad Massoud/guardian.co.uk Afghan commandos guard the body of a Taliban fighter at the Cinema Ariana building Photograph: Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Massoud Hossaini/guardian.co.uk Afghan police in a public market that was targeted Photograph: Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Massoud Hossaini/guardian.co.uk Afghan policemen gather at a bombed shopping mall as government forces restore control Photograph: Omar Sobhani/Reuters Photograph: Omar Sobhani/guardian.co.uk An Afghan commando gestures to comrades Photograph: Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Massoud Hossaini/guardian.co.uk Security personnel prepare to remove the body of a man believed to be a suicide attacker Photograph: Musadeq Sadeq/AP Photograph: Musadeq Sadeq/guardian.co.uk Afghan security forces at the scene of the attack in central Kabul Photograph: Musadeq Sadeq/AP Photograph: Musadeq Sadeq/guardian.co.uk An Afghan policeman inspects damage to a building after a gun battle in Kabul Photograph: Musadeq Sadeq/AP Photograph: Musadeq Sadeq/guardian.co.uk