Taliban target Kabul in deadly attacks

Firefighters rush to the scene of an explosion and gunbattle at a guesthouse in Kabul Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP Photograph: Altaf Qadri/guardian.co.uk An Afghan security officer throws a stone at a photographer to stop him taking pictures while carrying a dead soldier from the site of a gunbattle in the Shar-e Naw area in central Kabul Photograph: Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Behrouz Mehri/guardian.co.uk Afghan soldiers carry the body of a man from the scene Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP Photograph: Altaf Qadri/guardian.co.uk Afghan security forces carry a victim outside the Park Residence guesthouse Photograph: Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Behrouz Mehri/guardian.co.uk An Afghan commando carrying bullet magazines runs at the site of the gunbattle in Shar-e Naw Photograph: Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Behrouz Mehri/guardian.co.uk A man escapes from the blasted window of a building damaged in the attacks Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP Photograph: Altaf Qadri/guardian.co.uk Afghan security forces lift a body into an ambulance Photograph: Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Behrouz Mehri/guardian.co.uk Police officers approach the scene Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP Photograph: Altaf Qadri/guardian.co.uk Afghan National Army soldiers carry a victim from the site of a blast Photograph: Reuters Photograph: guardian.co.uk Security forces climb a ladder to storm the Park Residence guesthouse to fight suicide attackers Photograph: Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Behrouz Mehri/guardian.co.uk Afghans carry a man after he fled from a hotel attacked by gunmen Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP Photograph: Altaf Qadri/guardian.co.uk A soldier trains his grenade launcher on a hotel attacked by gunmen Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP Photograph: Altaf Qadri/guardian.co.uk Military personnel stand in front of Kabul City Centre shopping mall after a bomb blast Photograph: Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters Photograph: Shamil Zhumatov/guardian.co.uk Firefighters gather to inspect the debris at the site of a blast Photograph: Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Massoud Hossaini/guardian.co.uk An Afghan commando stands guard outside the the Park Residence guesthouse, the site of a gun battle and an explosion carried out by suicide bombers Photograph: Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Behrouz Mehri/guardian.co.uk Afghan security officials inspect the scene of a suicide bomb attack in Kabul Photograph: S. Sabawoon/EPA Photograph: S. Sabawoon/guardian.co.uk An Afghan security official looks out from the Park Residence Guesthouse, the site of a gun battle in the Shar-e Naw area of Kabul Photograph: Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Behrouz Mehri/guardian.co.uk Afghan volunteers remove debris from the scene of a suicide bomb attack in Kabul city centre Photograph: S. Sabawoon/EPA Photograph: S. Sabawoon/guardian.co.uk Afghan security personnel stand guard outside the Aria Guesthouse, the site of a car bomb explosion carried out by suicide bombers in the Shar-e Naw area Photograph: Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Behrouz Mehri/guardian.co.uk