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    February 25, 2012

Two Westerners Dead in Afghanistan Shooting

   VOA News
   Afghans burn tires during an anti-U.S. demonstration over burning of
   Qurans at a US military base, in Muhammad Agha, Logar province south of
   Kabul, Afghanistan, February 25, 2012.
   Photo: AP
   Afghans burn tires during an anti-U.S. demonstration over burning of
   Qurans at a US military base, in Muhammad Agha, Logar province south of
   Kabul, Afghanistan, February 25, 2012.

   Afghan officials say gunmen have killed two Westerners inside the
   Interior Ministry building in Kabul. The shooting took place as
   violence erupted across Afghanistan Saturday, the fifth straight day of
   protests over the burning of Qurans.
   Hundreds of rock-throwing protesters attacked a United Nations compound
   in northern Afghanistan. Officials say at least three people died and
   47 were injured in the melee in Kunduz.
   Authorities say at least 27 people have died since Tuesday after
   reports surfaced that NATO troops had burned copies of the Quran at
   Bagram Air Base near Kabul.
   U.S. President Barack Obama and other U.S. officials have apologized
   for the desecration of the Muslim holy book, but the apologies have
   done little to quash the outrage in Afghanistan and neighboring
   Pakistan.
   Meanwhile, Afghanistan's Defense Ministry says six Afghan soldiers were
   killed and 16 were wounded Saturday while trying to defuse a roadside
   bomb.
   The ministry says the incident happened in the Muqur district of
   western Badghis province.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and AFP.

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