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(Reuters) - Two NATO soldiers were shot dead on Thursday by two Afghans, including a man believed to be an Afghan soldier, NATO said in a statement, an attack that is likely to raise further questions about the effectiveness of the country's security forces.

2012-03-01T09:00:37ZReuters US Online Report Top NewsBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/26/Afghan_ministry_worker_suspected_killing_ee8e

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's interior ministry said on Sunday one of its employees is suspected of shooting dead two U.S. officers inside its headquarters a day earlier, an attack that prompted NATO to recall all its staff from ministries.

2012-02-26T12:34:24ZReuters US Online Report Top News Hamid Shalizi and Mirwais Haroonitag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/26/Afghan_NATO_base_attacked_seven_ed85

KUNDUZ/KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Seven U.S. military trainers were wounded on Sunday when a grenade was thrown at their base in northern Afghanistan, police said, underscoring the depth of anti-Western fury over the inadvertent burning of copies of the Koran at a NATO base.

2012-02-26T12:34:24ZReuters US Online Report World News Fraidoon Elhaam and Hamid Shalizitag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/27/Afghan_NATO_base_attacked_seven_ed85

JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A powerful car bomb at the gates of an airport in eastern Afghanistan killed at least three people, police said, the latest incident of violence and protests since copies of the Koran were inadvertently burned at a NATO base last week.

2012-02-26T12:34:24ZReuters US Online Report Top News Rafiq Sherzadtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/24/Nine_more_killed_Afghan_protests_2e0f

KABUL (Reuters) - Nine more people were killed on Friday in protests in Afghanistan over the burning of copies of the Koran at a NATO base, officials said.

2012-02-24T13:33:17ZReuters US Online Report Top NewsBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/25/Three_killed_fifth_Afghanistan_protests_5a0d

KABUL (Reuters) - Three people were shot dead by Afghan security forces on Saturday as protests over the burnings of the Muslim holy book at a NATO base raged for a fifth day, provincial officials and a Reuters witness said.

2012-02-24T13:33:17ZReuters US Online Report Top News Hamid Shalizitag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/25/Four_killed_fifth_Afghanistan_protests_d2ea

KABUL (Reuters) - Four people were shot dead by Afghan security forces on Saturday as protests over the burnings of the Muslim holy book at a NATO base erupted for a fifth day, with an attempt by demonstrators to bombard a U.N. compound in the north.

2012-02-24T13:33:17ZReuters US Online Report World News Hamid Shalizitag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/25/Americans_shot_dead_Afghan_Interior_d25d

KABUL (Reuters) - Two members of the U.S. military were shot dead on Saturday inside the heavily barricaded Interior Ministry in the centre of the Afghan capital, Afghan security sources said, as anti-Western protests raged for a fifth day across the country.

2012-02-24T13:33:17ZReuters US Online Report Top News Hamid Shalizitag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/25/US_officers_killed_Afghan_Interior_00b0

KABUL (Reuters) - Two Americans who were shot dead Saturday inside the Interior Ministry in Afghanistan's capital Kabul are believed to be a colonel and a major in the U.S. military, Afghan security sources told Reuters.

2012-02-24T13:33:17ZReuters US Online Report Top News Hamid Shalizitag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/26/Afghan_policeman_suspect_killing_US_e744

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan authorities said on Sunday they believe an Afghan police intelligence officer may have been involved in the shooting deaths of two U.S. officers inside the interior ministry a day earlier, prompting NATO to recall all its staff from ministries.

2012-02-24T13:33:17ZReuters US Online Report Top News Hamid Shalizitag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/22/NATO_troops_Afghanistan_celebrate_Mardi_7186

KABUL (Reuters) - With feathered masks, glitter, cakes and even guns, America's most raucous holiday was feted by NATO troops and colleagues in Kabul late on Tuesday behind the towering concrete walls surrounding headquarters in the Afghan capital.

2012-02-22T15:41:12ZReuters Life! Online Report Amie Ferris-Rotmantag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/22/Three_Georgian_soldiers_killed_Afghan_3067

TBILISI (Reuters) - Three Georgian soldiers were killed in the southern Afghan province of Helmand on Wednesday, its defense ministry said, taking the non-NATO country's death toll to 15.

2012-02-22T14:32:25ZReuters US Online Report World NewsBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/22/Afghans_begin_second_protest_Koran_154f

HUDKHIL (Reuters) - Hundreds of Afghan protesters threw stones at police on Wednesday and security forces fired shots in the air in a second day of demonstrations after copies of the Koran, Islam's most holy book, were burned at a major NATO airbase.

2012-02-21T07:41:08ZReuters US Online Report Top NewsBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/22/Several_wounded_Afghan_protests_over_6250

HUDKHIL, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Several people were wounded on Wednesday, witnesses said, when shots were fired as hundreds of angry Afghans gathered in a second day of violent clashes after copies of the Koran, Islam's holy book, were burned at NATO's main base in Afghanistan.

2012-02-21T07:41:08ZReuters US Online Report World News Mirwais Haroonitag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/22/US_Embassy_Kabul_lockdown_amid_7903

KABUL (Reuters) - The U.S. Embassy in Kabul said on Wednesday its staff were on lockdown and all travel was suspended amid violent protests across the capital over the burning of Korans at NATO's main base in Afghanistan.

2012-02-21T07:41:08ZReuters US Online Report Top NewsBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/22/Gunfire_wounds_Afghan_protests_over_b468

KABUL (Reuters) - Gunfire wounded at least 26 people during fresh protests in several cities across Afghanistan over the burning of copies of the Koran, Islam's holy book, at NATO's main base in Afghanistan.

2012-02-21T07:41:08ZReuters US Online Report Top News Mirwais Haroonitag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/22/Four_killed_dozens_wounded_Afghan_7c7a

KABUL (Reuters) - Four people were shot dead and dozens wounded in protests in Afghanistan which flared for a second day on Wednesday in several cities over the burning of copies of the Koran, Islam's holy book, at NATO's main base in the country.

2012-02-21T07:41:08ZReuters US Online Report Top News Mirwais Harooni and Hamid Shalizitag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/22/Four_killed_many_wounded_Afghan_3ca1

KABUL (Reuters) - Four people were shot dead and dozens wounded in protests in Afghanistan which flared for a second day on Wednesday in several cities over the burning of copies of the Koran, Islam's holy book, at NATO's main base in the country, officials said.

2012-02-21T07:41:08ZReuters US Online Report Top News Mirwais Harooni and Hamid Shalizitag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/22/killed_many_wounded_Afghan_Koran_3a8f

KABUL (Reuters) - Six people were shot dead and dozens wounded in protests in Afghanistan which flared for a second day on Wednesday in several cities over the burning of copies of the Koran, Islam's holy book, at NATO's main base in the country, officials said.

2012-02-21T07:41:08ZReuters US Online Report Top News Mirwais Harooni and Hamid Shalizitag:www.blnz.com,2009:2012/02/22/Karzai_urges_calm_seven_Afghan_8956

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai appealed for calm on Wednesday after officials said at least six people were shot dead and dozens wounded in protests over the burning of copies of the Koran, Islam's holy book, at NATO's main base in the country.

2012-02-21T07:41:08ZReuters US Online Report World News Mirwais Harooni and Hamid Shalizi