Kabul hotel attack

A NATO helicopter hovers over the Inter-Continental Hotel in Kabul on June 29 after the building was attacked by armed Taliban rebels. Eight civilians and 2 police officers were reported killed after suicide bombers and heavily armed insurgents attacked the hotel frequented by Westerners in the Afghan capital late on Tuesday, Afghan officials said. Helicopters from the NATO-led force killed the last three insurgents in a final rooftop battle, a coalition spokesman said.

Curtains and sheets reportedly used by people to escape the fire are left hanging on the facade of the Kabul Inter-Continental hotel after it was attacked by armed Taliban rebels on June 29.

Smoke billows from the Inter-Continental hotel during a battle between Afghan security forces and suicide bombers and Taliban insurgents in Kabul on June 29.

Coalition soldiers leave after taking part in a military operation against the insurgents in Kabul on June 29.

Afghan soldiers walk towards the Inter-Continental hotel at the end of a military operation against Taliban militants that stormed the hotel in Kabul on June 29.

An Afghan soldier aims his gun as he guards the area surrounding the Inter-Continental hotel on June 29.

Smoke and flames light up the night from a blaze at the Inter-Continental hotel after an attack on the hotel by Taliban fighters and a response by Afghan security forces backed by NATO helicopters in Kabul on June 29.

A NATO helicopter fires a missile towards the roof of the Inter-Continental hotel in Kabul on June 29.

Police help a man who was injured during the attack on the Inter-Continental hotel, early June 29.

Afghan Police take positions at a road leading to the Inter-Continental hotel after armed Taliban militants stormed it early on June 29.

Afghan security officials gather near the Inter-Continental hotel after armed Taliban militants stormed the hotel in Kabul early on June 29.

Pakistani national, Ishtiaq Mohammed, a guest at the Inter-Continental hotel, leaves the building on June 29.