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Two U.S. Officers Killed in Afghan Interior Ministry Attack
Topic: Situation in Afghanistan
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© AFP/ Aref KarimiProtests against the burning of Qurans
© REUTERS/ Ahmad MasoodProtests against the burning of Qurans
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Two U.S. officers were killed in an attack by Taliban militants inside the Afghan Interior Ministry headquarters in Kabul on Saturday, U.S. media reported.
A Taliban spokesman said the attack was in retaliation for the burning of Quran copies at the U.S. Bagram Air Base near Kabul earlier this week, CNN reported.
The two officers were found dead in their office with gunshot wounds to the head, the report quoted an Afghan official as saying.
Zabiullah Mujahid, the Taliban spokesman, said the gunman, identified as Abdul Rahman, was “still alive and resisting.” Another militant involved in the attack managed to escape the ministry building, he added.
The attack prompted Gen. John Allen, commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), to order all military advisers with the ISAF to withdraw from government ministries in the Afghan capital as a safety precaution, the report said.
Saturday marked the fifth day of angry protests against the burning of Qurans that swept across Afghanistan following the Monday incident. U.S. President Barack Obama, top ISAF and Pentagon officials have apologized for the burning, calling in a “mistake” and promising to punish those responsible.
Military officials say at least 20 people have died in the protests.

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- Szabolcs2 officers of US occupational forces "disposed off"00:02, 27/02/2012Obama commented on the buring of copies of the Holy book of the Koran by calling it "accidental" or "by mistake".A top US commander of the NATO occupational forces ("ISAF")referred to this barbarious act as a "disposal" of Koran copies.in the light of so much hypocrisy and arrogance by representatives of the US regime it is only fair to say in reply that, equally two offiders of the hated murdereous occupational forces have been "disposed off "accidently". Afghanistan may yet turn out a country for the "disposal" of the hatred NATO occupational forces."Who lives by the sword will die by the sword." It is to be hoped that the braindead members of the US regime, of its military and leaders of its imperialistic transnationals will in not to distant future will come to some of theor remaining senses and quit that poor troubled country which they devastated and continue to devastate to this day all the time pretending "to help them and to establish demobracy and protect humen rights." ALl this propaganda stinks to heaven! The US regime should rather introduce democracy at home and do something to protect humanrights at home where they are trampled under the boots of police men, the CIA and other internal secret service organisations.Where are the countries which would like to bring democracy and human rights to the US where 1 percent of the population (over 3 million) is in prisons,close to 40 million people live under the official poverty level amd the police regularly beats up peaceful protesters against banks and social injustice?!That country, under the thumb of zionist rule is a disgrace!
















