These are the latest pictures from Afghanistan as security forces try to clear three buildings taken over by in Taliban Kabul. Fighting in Nangrahar and Paktia has ended, officials said.

Afghan army soldier keeps watch a NATO helicopter flies over the site of an attack in Jalalabad, Nangrahar province [Reuters]

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Smoke rises from the site of an attack in Paktia province  [Reuters]

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Afghan policemen walk near a building which was targeted during the attacks in Kabul [AFP]

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