According to reports, a Taliban suicide car bomber has killed at least nine people and wounded 10 others in an attack at Jalalabad airport in eastern Afghanistan. The insurgents said the bombing was in revenge for a Koran-burning incident at a US air base near Kabul a week ago. The burning, according to US officials, was unintentional, has sparked violent protests across the country.1

In another incident, according to NATO sources, two of its troops have been shot dead on a base in Afghanistan, the latest of several attacks after the burning of the Koran by US soldiers. NATO said a man in Afghan army uniform and another in civilian clothes opened fire in southern Kandahar province. The dead are believed to be US soldiers. 2

• 1. “Afghan Taliban set off car bomb at Jalalabad airport”, BBC, February 27, 2012 at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17175568
• 2. “NATO soldiers shot dead in Afghanistan amid Koran anger”, BBC, March 1, 2012 at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17218152