Saturday, February 25, 2012

And the Blowback....

Two US military officers at the Afghan Ministry of Interior have been fatally shot in the Afghan capital of Kabul.

Saturday's shootings of the US colonel and major, serving with International Security Assistance Force as advisers in Afghanistan (ISAF),  brings the death toll of US forces during fives days of mass protests to four. Two other US soldiers were shot in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday.

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At least four protesters have been killed and 34 wounded as Afghans held protests for the fifth straight day against the burning of the Quran at a US-led base in the country, hospital officials have told Al Jazeera.

  alJazeera

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