The story of a siege

July 2 2007: A religious student guards the Red Mosque and seminary fearing an attack by authorities Photograph: B K Bangash/AP

July 3 2007: Students wearing gas masks hold automatic weapons as they shelter in a sandbagged bunker during an exchange of fire between paramilitary soldiers and radical students Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP

July 3 2007: A masked radical student takes cover behind a tree as veiled female students run to avoid tear gas during an exchange of fire Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP

July 3 2007: Female students hold bamboo sticks and shout anti-government slogans outside the seminary during an exchange of fire between radical students and paramilitary soldiers Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP

July 3 2007: Junior students stand guard Photograph: Olivier Matthys/EPA

July 3 2007: A radical student from the Red Mosque holds a molotov cocktail after setting fire to a government building Photograph: Asif Hassan/AFP

July 3 2007: A member of the media takes video footage of burning vehicles at the environment ministry Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP

July 4 2007: A group of radical students sits on the ground near the mosque after surrendering to the authorities Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP

July 4 2007: Two gunship helicopters fly over the mosque Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP

July 5 2007: A radical student looks out of a police van after surrendering to the authorities Photograph: Farooq Naeem/AFP

July 5 2007: Religious followers surrender outside the mosque Photograph: Anjum Naveed/AP

July 8 2007: Army troops behind a bunker Photograph: Anjum Naveed/AP

July 8 2007: Arrested religious students arrive at a sports complex from Adiala jail to be handed over to their families Photograph: B K Bangash/AP

July 9 2007: Police commandos fire teargas shells from an armoured personnel carrier Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP

July 9 2007: A police commando flashes a victory sign Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP

July 10 2007: Troops guard the perimeter fence of the mosque Photograph: Farooq Naeem /AFP

July 10 2007: Security forces block the road with barbed wire as smoke rises from the mosque Photograph: David Guttenfelder/AP

July 10 2007: A man whose relatives were inside the mosque weeps after a military assault Photograph: Asif Hassan/AFP

July 10 2007: Soldiers from the Special Services Group return after a strike against radical students Photograph: Asif Hassan/AFP

July 10 2007: An aerial view of the Jamia Hafsa seminary during Operation Silence Photograph: Inter Services Public Relations/AFP

July 11 2007: A woman peers from her house near as a curfew is relaxed in Islamabad Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP

July 12 2007: Coffins containing unidentified bodies from the Red Mosque in a graveyard in Islamabad Photograph: Olivier Matthys/EPA

July 12 2007: Gravediggers pause to pray as they prepare a cemetery to bury unidentified militants killed in the siege Photograph: AP