Afghan security forces check a room after a battle with Taliban militants at a hotel in the western edge of Kabul, Afghanistan, on June 22, 2012. As a fierce gun battle between Taliban militants and Afghan police at a rest house in Qarga Lake, Kabul came to an end, all militants were killed. Also dead were eight others, including four civilians, three security guards and a policeman, official sources said. (Ahmad Massoud/Xinhua/Zuma Press/MCT)


