• Afghan security officials inspect one of the buildings where Taliban militants were holed up during co-ordinated attacks, Kabul, Afghanistan, 16 April 2012. EPA
    Afghan security officials inspect one of the buildings where Taliban militants were holed up during co-ordinated attacks, Kabul, Afghanistan, 16 April 2012. EPA
  • An Afghan police seen on April 16, 2012, a Kabul building where Taliban militants were holed up during coordinated attacks. EPA
    An Afghan police seen on April 16, 2012, a Kabul building where Taliban militants were holed up during coordinated attacks. EPA
  • Afghan security officials inspect the body of an alleged Taliban militant the day after a fierce gun battle on April 15, 2016, between Taliban militants and Afghan security forces in Kabul. EPA
    Afghan security officials inspect the body of an alleged Taliban militant the day after a fierce gun battle on April 15, 2016, between Taliban militants and Afghan security forces in Kabul. EPA
  • Police remove the wreckage of a car in Kabul on April 16, 2012, a day after insurgents attacked the parliament building. AFP
    Police remove the wreckage of a car in Kabul on April 16, 2012, a day after insurgents attacked the parliament building. AFP
  • Afghan policemen are mirrored in glass from a broken window on April 16, 2012, as they guard a building where Taliban fighters launched an attack in Kabul. AFP
    Afghan policemen are mirrored in glass from a broken window on April 16, 2012, as they guard a building where Taliban fighters launched an attack in Kabul. AFP
  • An Afghan woman cries as she talks on the phone to her family on April 15, 2012, during a gun battle in Kabul, Afghanistan. AP
    An Afghan woman cries as she talks on the phone to her family on April 15, 2012, during a gun battle in Kabul, Afghanistan. AP
  • Afghan special forces hold their guns after a gun battle near the country's parliament in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 16, 2012. AP
    Afghan special forces hold their guns after a gun battle near the country's parliament in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 16, 2012. AP
  • An Afghan man examines the remains of a car on April 15, 2012, after three suicide bombers were killed before reaching the Jalalabad airport, which security forces say was their target. AP
    An Afghan man examines the remains of a car on April 15, 2012, after three suicide bombers were killed before reaching the Jalalabad airport, which security forces say was their target. AP
  • Afghan special forces are seen on April 16, 2012, on top of a building that was occupied by militants in Kabul, Afghanistan. AP
    Afghan special forces are seen on April 16, 2012, on top of a building that was occupied by militants in Kabul, Afghanistan. AP
  • A construction site in Kabul, Afghanistan was hit April 16, 2012, during a battle between Afghan forces and Taliban insurgents, including suicide bombers. Reuters
    A construction site in Kabul, Afghanistan was hit April 16, 2012, during a battle between Afghan forces and Taliban insurgents, including suicide bombers. Reuters
  • Security forces are seen at the site of an incident in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 16, 2012. Reuters
    Security forces are seen at the site of an incident in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 16, 2012. Reuters
  • Afghan security forces leave the scene of a battle with Taliban insurgents who took over a building in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 16, 2012. Reuters
    Afghan security forces leave the scene of a battle with Taliban insurgents who took over a building in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 16, 2012. Reuters
  • Afghan policemen and officials stand next to the wreckage of a car used in a suicide attack in front of the building from which insurgents launched an attack, in Kabul on April 16, 2012. AFP
    Afghan policemen and officials stand next to the wreckage of a car used in a suicide attack in front of the building from which insurgents launched an attack, in Kabul on April 16, 2012. AFP

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In pictures: The Taliban's spring offensive in Afghanistan

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