Attack on British Council in Kabul - in pictures

A casualty is carried away from the site of the attack Photograph: Ahmad Masood/Reuters

A policeman at the site of the suicide attack Photograph: Omar Sobhani/Reuters

Afghan security personnel and firefighters at the scene Photograph: Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images

Afghan security personnel attempt to enter the British Council building Photograph: Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images

An Afghan policeman takes up his position near the British Council building Photograph: Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images

An Afghan security officer runs past British armoured vehicles at the scene of the assault Photograph: Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images

British security personnel help a wounded embassy guard Photograph: Ahmad Masood/Reuters

Smoke billows from the British Council compound following the assault Photograph: Ahmad Masood/Reuters

A wounded Afghan policeman is carried away from the scene of the assault Photograph: Ahmad Masood/Reuters

Afghan security forces carry a wounded policeman away from the site of the assault Photograph: Ahmad Jamshid/AP

Afghanistan's policemen carry the body of one of the assailants Photograph: Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images

An Afghan policeman rests on a footpath after the attack Photograph: Dar Yasin/AP

Smoke billows from the British Council building Photograph: Dar Yasin/AP