Militants Attack Kabul, Other Afghan Cities

Smoke billows from the site of an explosion in Jalalabad on April 15.

Afghan security forces coordinate their plans during the April 15 militant attacks in Kabul. (Sayedjan Sabawoon/Radio Free Afghanistan)

Afghan police take cover near a Kabul building targeted in the coordinated attacks by militants. (AFP/Shah Marai)

Smoke rises from a tower belonging to the British Embassy after gunmen launched the multiple attacks in Kabul. (REUTERS/Omar Sobhani)

Afghan police advance toward one scene of the attacks in the capital. (AFP/JOHANNES EISELE)

Police and security forces respond to the eruption of violence in Kabul on April 15. (Sayedjan Sabawoon/Radio Free Afghanistan)

An Afghan National Army soldier keeps watch near the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) as a NATO helicopter flies over the site of an attack in Jalalabad Province on April 15. (REUTERS/Parwiz)

Smoke billows near the Kabul Star hotel. (Sayedjan Sabawoon/Radio Free Afghanistan)

Soldiers on April 16 at a Kabul construction site where an explosion took place during a battle the previous day. (REUTERS/Omar Sobhani)

Afghan police take up positions during the fighting in Kabul. (REUTERS/Omar Sobhani)

An Afghan policeman takes up a position at the site of an attack in Kabul on April 15. (REUTERS/Omar Sobhani)

Soldiers from the Afghan National Army keep watch near a Provincial Reconstruction Team as smoke rises from the site of an attack in Jalalabad Province on April 15. (REUTERS/Parwiz)

An explosion at a construction site during one of the running battles in Kabul early on April 16. (REUTERS/Omar Sobhani)

Afghan security personnel secure the front of a damaged building a day after insurgents used the building to attack the parliament building in Kabul. (AFP)

Afghan policemen are reflected in glass from a broken window as they stand guard outside a building where Taliban fighters launched an attack. (AFP/JOHANNES EISELE)

Smoke rises from the site of an attack in Paktia Province. (REUTERS)

An Afghan policeman guards a site in Kabul on April 15. (REUTERS/Omar Sobhani)

A hand grenade lies on the floor next to a sandal inside a building where militants launched one of the Kabul attacks. (AFP/JOHANNES EISELE)

An Afghan policeman stands near the dead body of a suicide attacker in Kabul on April 16. (REUTERS/Omar Sobhani)

Security personnel on April 16 cordon off the wreckage of cars in front of a building at the site of one of the attacks in Kabul. (AFP)

Security officials inspect the body of a dead militant in Kabul on April 16. (EPA/S. SABAWOON)