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Nato officers shot dead in Kabul ministry building
 Two Nato officers have been killed inside the interior ministry in the Afghan capital Kabul, coalition officials say.The International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) confirmed the deaths but would not reveal the nationalities. However, Afghan security officials said they were an American colonel and major. Local media reports suggest the incident followed a "verbal clash". The ministry has been put in lock-down, officials say. The shootings come amid five days of deadly protests across the country over the burning of copies of the Koran by US soldiers. Kunduz deaths "An individual turned his weapon against International Security Assistance Force service members in Kabul city today", the Isaf statement said. Angry protests erupted in Kunduz on Saturday over the Koran burnings Isaf spokesman Brig Gen Carsten Jacobson told the BBC that Nato could not yet release details of the nationalities of those killed. Early reports suggest the two were shot in the ministry's command and control centre. Angry protests over the burning of the Korans continued on Saturday, with a UN compound in the city of Kunduz set alight. Four people were killed and dozens injured in clashes in the city, according to local doctors. Three more people were killed in the southern province of Logar. More than 20 have died since the protests began on Tuesday. On Friday Nato's Afghanistan commander Gen John Allen had appealed for calm. US personnel apparently inadvertently put the books into a rubbish incinerator at Bagram air base, near Kabul. Posted by: Willy 2012-02-25 |
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