Two high-ranking military officers were shot dead today inside a (government ministry) in Kabul. NPR's Quil Lawrence reports the attack was believed to be connected to five days of anti-US (riots) after US soldiers accidentally burned copies of the Quran.
Reports of (gunfire) inside the Interior Ministry were followed by a NATO statement that two service members are dead after an (individual) turned his weapon on them. An official in the ministry confirmed the (casualties) were US army officers of (high rank). American officials say they are investigating how US soldiers came to burn copies of the Muslim holy book at an American (air base), but apologies from the White House and American commanders have not (dampened) the anger. Demonstrators clashed with police outside a UN compound in northern Afghanistan. Earlier this week, two American troops were killed by an Afghan army soldier in the east of the country.