Militants attack targets in Kabul – in pictures

A damaged school minibus in Kabul Photograph: Omar Sobhani/Reuters

A Nato helicopter flies over a building where some of the attackers were said to be hiding out Photograph: Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images

Afghan police take cover as a helicopter flies overhead Photograph: Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images

Dust and smoke billows from a half-complete building Photograph: Ahmad Masood/Reuters

Men take a look at the building where the militants were hiding Photograph: Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images

Afghan police carry the body of one of the attackers Photograph: Omar Sobhani/Reuters

A wounded man is helped away from the scene Photograph: Rex Features

An Afghan attack helicopter fires on a Taliban position Photograph: Austin Andrews/ZUMA Press/Corbis

Nato and Afghan troops attend to the injured Photograph: Ahmad Masood/Reuters

Afghan military personnel take cover during the siege Photograph: Enayat Asadi/Getty Images

A soldier on a balcony Photograph: Musadeq Sadeq/AP

Afghan security forces cheer from a rooftop after the militants who occupied the building were killed Photograph: Musadeq Sadeq/AP

Security forces and the media examine the bodies of dead Taliban fighters Photograph: Musadeq Sadeq/AP

An Afghan police officer stands beneath a ceiling damaged by explosives Photograph: Kamran Jebreili/AP

Nato troops prepare to leave the area after the 20 -hour siege Photograph: Ahmad Masood/Reuters