Afghanistan ? Hundreds of intelligence agents on Wednesday raided the hideout of militants with suspected links to an attack on President Hamid Karzai, as Kabul, Afghanistan, was sucked deeper into the war against the Taliban.

Terrified residents hid from booming guns and grenades that destroyed the mud-brick house. The battle claimed seven lives – a woman and a child who were in the house, three intelligence agents and two militants.

One of the dead militants had supplied weapons used in Sunday’s attack on Karzai, intelligence chief Amrullah Saleh told reporters.