Two American members of the NATO force in Afghanistan were shot dead within the interior ministry in Kabul Saturday, military and government sources said, as anti-US protests raged for a fifth day. “Initial reports indicate an individual turned his weapon against International Security Assistance Force service members in Kabul City today, killing two service members,” NATO said in a statement, without giving further details.
A government source told AFP the two men were American advisors and that they were shot within the Afghan interior ministry in Kabul by a member of the Afghan police. “There was a shooting inside the command and control centre of the interior ministry and two Americans have been killed,” the source told AFP, requesting anonymity. Some reports said the shooting was a result of a “verbal clash”. The shooting came on the fifth day of anti-US protests across Afghanistan over the burning of Korans at an American-run military base, but it was not immediately clear whether the ministry shooting was related to the demonstrations.