Taliban Attack On Kabul Intercontinental Hotel

The Intercontinental hotel burns as security and military forces try to respond. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

A NATO helicopter fires at the last of the attackers on the roof of the Intercontinental Hotel. (Reuters/Omar Sobhani)

Smoke and flames light up the night sky as the Intercontinental is ablaze. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Security forces' tracer bullets whiz toward the Intercontinental. (Topshots/AFP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

An Afghan soldier takes aim during the military operation around the Intercontinental. (AFP Photo/Pedro Ugarte)

Smoke billows from the Intercontinental in the light of early morning on June 29. (Reuters/Ahmad Masood)