South Asia Features

In Pictures: 'Afghanistan UN Guest House Attack'

By James Wray Oct 28, 2009, 16:28 GMT

Afghan fire fighters work at the scene of a gunbattle with Taliban militants as smoke rises from the guest house where the battle took place, in Kabul Afghanistan on 28 October 2009. Six UN workers were killed on October 28, when an explosion rocked a guesthouse used by the United Nations in Kabul and armed attackers burst in, sparking a gunbattle, a UN spokesman said. EPA/S. SABAWOON

Afghan security officials secure the scene of a gunbattle with Taliban militants in Kabul Afghanistan on 28 October 2009. Six UN workers were killed on October 28, when an explosion rocked a guesthouse used by the United Nations in Kabul and armed attackers burst in, sparking a gunbattle, a UN spokesman said. EPA/S. SABAWOON

An Afghan security official secures the scene of a gunbattle with Taliban militants in Kabul, Afghanistan, 28 October 2009. Six UN workers were killed on October 28, when an explosion rocked a guesthouse used by the United Nations in Kabul and armed attackers burst in, sparking a gunbattle, a UN spokesman said. EPA/S. SABAWOON

Afghan police comfort a wounded man, at the scene of a gunbattle with Taliban militants in Kabul Afghanistan on 28 October 2009. Six UN workers were killed on October 28, when an explosion rocked a guesthouse used by the United Nations in Kabul and armed attackers burst in, sparking a gunbattle, a UN spokesman said. EPA/S. SABAWOON

Afghan security officials secure the scene of a gunbattle with Taliban militants in Kabul, Afghanistan,28 October 2009. Six UN workers were killed on October 28, when an explosion rocked a guesthouse used by the United Nations in Kabul and armed attackers burst in, sparking a gunbattle, a UN spokesman said. EPA/S. SABAWOON

Afghan security officials secure the scene of a gunbattle with Taliban militants in Kabul, Afghanistan, 28 October 2009. Six UN workers were killed on October 28, when an explosion rocked a guesthouse used by the United Nations in Kabul and armed attackers burst in, sparking a gunbattle, a UN spokesman said. EPA/S. SABAWOON

Afghan security officials (L) secure the scene of a gunbattle with Taliban militants as smoke rises from the guest house where the battle took place, in Kabul Afghanistan on 28 October 2009. Six UN workers were killed on October 28, when an explosion rocked a guesthouse used by the United Nations in Kabul and armed attackers burst in, sparking a gunbattle, a UN spokesman said. EPA/S. SABAWOON

Afghan security officials secure the scene of a gunbattle with Taliban militants as smoke rises from the guest house where the battle took place, in Kabul Afghanistan on 28 October 2009. Six UN workers were killed on October 28, when an explosion rocked a guesthouse used by the United Nations in Kabul and armed attackers burst in, sparking a gunbattle, a UN spokesman said. EPA/S. SABAWOON

Afghan security officials secure the scene of a gunbattle with Taliban militants in Kabul, Afghanistan, 28 October 2009. Six UN workers were killed on October 28, when an explosion rocked a guesthouse used by the United Nations in Kabul and armed attackers burst in, sparking a gunbattle, a UN spokesman said. EPA/S. SABAWOON

Guests leave the scene of a gunbattle with Taliban militants at a guest house, in Kabul, Afghanistan, 28 October 2009. Six UN workers were killed on October 28, when an explosion rocked a guesthouse used by the United Nations in Kabul and armed attackers burst in, sparking a gunbattle, a UN spokesman said. EPA/S. SABAWOON