Nato pulls out of Afghan ministries after Kabul attack
Nato has withdrawn all its personnel from Afghan ministries after two senior officers were shot dead in the interior ministry building in Kabul.
Any attacker would have had the highest clearance
Nato said an “individual” had turned his gun on the officers, believed to be an American colonel and major, and had not yet been identified or caught.
Nato commander Gen John Allen condemned the attack as “cowardly”.
The shootings come amid five days of deadly protests over the burning of copies of the Koran by US soldiers.
Taliban statement
The interior ministry was put in lock-down after the shootings, officials said.
The BBC’s Orla Guerin in Kabul says eight shots were reported inside the building, which should be one of the safest in the capital, and that any Afghan who carried out the attack would have had the highest clearance.
Local media reports said the gunman was an Afghan policeman but this has not been confirmed.
The reports suggest the incident followed a “verbal clash” …
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.
The governor’s house in Laghman province also came under attack on Saturday and there were demonstrations in Paktia, Nangarhar and Sari Pul provinces.
Nearly 30 people have died since the protests began on Tuesday …
Read More: BBC News
-
verslalune reblogged this from leftoftheleft
-
thereverseracist liked this
-
leftoftheleft liked this
-
leftoftheleft reblogged this from verbalresistance
-
fariyahsn liked this
-
verbalresistance posted this
