Multiple attacks across Kabul

Gunmen launched multiple attacks in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday, assaulting Western embassies in the heavily guarded, central diplomatic area and at the Parliament in the west.

A NATO soldier stands guard at the scene of a attack by Taliban militants in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, April 15, 2012. The Taliban launched a series of coordinated attacks on at least seven sites across the Afghan capital on Sunday, targeting NATO headquarters, the parliament and diplomatic residences.

Smoke rises from a hotel after it was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade in Kabul.
An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier holds a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) launcher near the scene of an attack in Kabul on April 15, 2012.
A member of Afghan security force prepares to return fire in Kabul.