An attack by Taliban fighters on Kabul's diplomatic and military district ended this morning after 20 hours, when the Afghan army killed the last of six attackers.
At least nine other people were killed and 23 wounded in the four attacks, which began yesterday afternoon.
"The operation just ended and six terrorists were killed by police," said Ministry of the Interior spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said earlier.
The Taliban took over a multi-storey building still under construction, firing rockets towards the US and other embassies and the headquarters of NATO.
Afghan security forces backed by NATO and Afghan attack helicopters fought the Taliban floor-by-floor in the building in the longest sustained attack on the capital since the US-led invasion in 2001.
One or two fighters held out overnight in the high-rise building, site of the most spectacular of four co-ordinated attacks across the city.
Suicide bombers had targeted police buildings in other parts of the city.
A number of Taliban were armed with rocket-propelled grenade launchers, AK-47 assault rifles and suicide bomb vests, a spokesman said.
However, the amount of time they held off foreign and Afghan troops has prompted speculation they had weapons and ammunition hidden in the building before the attack.
Gunfire continued throughout the night, with residents of nearby buildings staying indoors with their lights off, as helicopters flew low overhead.
The US and British embassies and the NATO-led coalition said all their employees were safe.
