An Afghan policeman aims his weapon at photojournalists Paula Bronstein (2L) and Kevin Frayer (L) as he prevents them from approaching the area where three gunmen stormed a bank in Kabul on August 19, 2009. The Afghan government came under severe criticism for attempting to ban media coverage of escalating Taliban violence in case it deters people from voting in Thursday's elections
An anti-terrorist commando (L) stands over three dead bodies of gunmen as photo-journalists photograph at the counter terrorism centre in Kabul on August 19, 2009. Security forces killed three gunmen who stormed a bank building in central Kabul, police said, blaming the raid on the Taliban. The raid, claimed by the Taliban, came with the Afghan capital under tight security ahead of presidential and provincial council elections.
Three dead bodies of gunmen lie on the ground at the counter terrorism centre in Kabul on August 19, 2009. Security forces killed three gunmen who stormed a bank building in central Kabul, police said, blaming the raid on the Taliban. The raid, claimed by the Taliban, came with the Afghan capital under tight security ahead of presidential and provincial council elections.
The dead bodies of three gunmen lie on the ground at the counter terrorism centre in Kabul on August 19, 2009. Security forces killed three gunmen who stormed a bank building in central Kabul, police said, blaming the raid on the Taliban. The raid, claimed by the Taliban, came with the Afghan capital under tight security ahead of presidential and provincial council elections.
Afghan policemen take cover outside the building housing a bank stormed by three gunmen in Kabul on August 19, 2009. Security forces killed three gunmen who stormed a bank building in central Kabul, police said, blaming the raid on the Taliban. The raid, claimed by the Taliban, came with the Afghan capital under tight security ahead of presidential and provincial council elections.
Members of the Afghan security forces drag the body of a dead gunman (bottom) down the stairwell of the building housing a bank which was stormed by three gunmen in Kabul on August 19, 2009. Security forces killed three gunmen who stormed a bank building in central Kabul, police said, blaming the raid on the Taliban. The raid, claimed by the Taliban, came with the Afghan capital under tight security ahead of presidential and provincial council elections.
Afghan special comandos transport the bodies of three gunmen from a bank building in Kabul on August 19, 2009. Security forces killed three gunmen who stormed a bank building in central Kabul, police said, blaming the raid on the Taliban. The raid, claimed by the Taliban, came with the Afghan capital under tight security ahead of presidential and provincial council elections.
An Afghan policeman beats a disabled man outside the building housing a bank which was stormed by three gunmen in Kabul on August 19, 2009. Security forces killed three gunmen who stormed a bank building in central Kabul, police said, blaming the raid on the Taliban. The raid, claimed by the Taliban, came with the Afghan capital under tight security ahead of presidential and provincial council elections.
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