Karzai blasts Nato 'failure'
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said a "failure" by intelligence services, including Nato, was partly to blame for the weekend's Taliban attacks on Kabul.
Nato pays tribute to Afghan security forces
Nato's senior civilian representative in Afghanistan, Ambassador Sir Simon Gass, has said that Afghan security and intelligence forces dealt with the coordinated attacks well, despite the fact that it took 18 hours for the insurgents to be killed or captured. He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme:
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Kabul fighting ends with explosions and elite troops
An 18-hour Taliban attack on the Afghan capital Kabul ended early this morning as insurgents were overcome by heavy gunfire.
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Taliban claims responsibility for attacks in Kabul
Several explosions and gunfire have rocked Kabul in Afghanistan in coordinated attacks across several areas of the city centre.