NATO Black Hawk helicopters fly near the Spozhmai Hotel near Kabul on Friday, June 22. Taliban militants attacked the hotel Friday and seized dozens of hostages, sparking a fierce gunbattle with Afghan and NATO troops that left 26 people dead, authorities said.
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NATO Black Hawk helicopters fly near the Spozhmai Hotel near Kabul on Friday, June 22. Taliban militants attacked the hotel Friday and seized dozens of hostages, sparking a fierce gunbattle with Afghan and NATO troops that left 26 people dead, authorities said.
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Afghan National Army soldiers stake out positions on a hill near the hotel Friday. The standoff, which lasted 11 hours, ended with the deaths of seven militants, police said.
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Afghan National Army soldiers stake out positions on a hill near the hotel Friday. The standoff, which lasted 11 hours, ended with the deaths of seven militants, police said.
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Smoke rises from the hotel where police eventually rescued 50 civilians who had been held hostage.
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Smoke rises from the hotel where police eventually rescued 50 civilians who had been held hostage.
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Afghan National Army soldiers keep watch from their humvee near the hotel.
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Afghan National Army soldiers keep watch from their humvee near the hotel.
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An Afghan soldier looks across Qargha Lake at the hotel.
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An Afghan soldier looks across Qargha Lake at the hotel.
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Afghan soldiers remove the body of a civilian after the standoff ended. Militants killed 15 civilians, a police officer and three security guards, according to authorities.
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Afghan soldiers remove the body of a civilian after the standoff ended. Militants killed 15 civilians, a police officer and three security guards, according to authorities.
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U.S. Army armored vehicles make their way to the hotel.
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U.S. Army armored vehicles make their way to the hotel.
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A Black Hawk helicopter flies near the hotel. The seige came nearly a year after an insurgent strike on Kabul's Hotel Inter-Continental killed nine attackers and 12 others.
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A Black Hawk helicopter flies near the hotel. The seige came nearly a year after an insurgent strike on Kabul's Hotel Inter-Continental killed nine attackers and 12 others.
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