1.   Photographers allowed into Pervomayskaya after the four-day assault found bloodied bodies lying in makeshift bunkers alongside rows of rifles and stacks of ammunition boxes.

2.   A large number of soldiers took up position around parliament Monday evening, some using rolls of ceremonial red carpet as makeshift bunkers.

3.   A large number of soldiers had taken up position around the building, some using rolls of ceremonial red carpet as makeshift bunkers.

4.   Armed with machine guns, security forces created makeshift bunkers inside the dense forests, where gunbattles have been going on intermittently since the weekend.

5.   Dozens of Taliban soldiers waited in their makeshift bunkers for orders to push forward.

6.   In the sun-baked foothills of the Hindu Kush, Taliban soldiers wait in makeshift bunkers and prepare for an all-out offensive against the Afghan capital.

7.   In the sun-baked foothills of the Hindu Kush, a band of Taliban soldiers sits in makeshift bunkers waiting for the order to attack the Afghan capital.

8.   Marines in full battle gear, some armed with machine guns, stand guard or are hunkered down in makeshift bunkers.

9.   Soldiers took up positions around parliament late Monday, some using rolls of ceremonial red carpet as makeshift bunkers.

10.   Before penetrating the narrow lanes, security forces put men on the rooftops of high buildings and set up makeshift bunkers.