Five die in Quran burning protest in Afghanistan

NATO says insurgents wearing women's clothing have attacked a coalition base in Kabul, as deadly protests against the burning of a Quran in the U.S. spread.

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Saturday, 02.04.2011.

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NATO says insurgents wearing women's clothing have attacked a coalition base in Kabul, as deadly protests against the burning of a Quran in the U.S. spread. NATO says three militants, two of them suicide bombers, were killed Saturday morning when they attacked Camp Phoenix in the Afghan capital. Three NATO service members were slightly wounded. Five die in Quran burning protest in Afghanistan Meanwhile, in southern Afghanistan, officials say a protest in Kandahar against the burning of a Quran turned violent, killing five people and wounding 46. On Friday in the north, the UN said seven foreign staff members were killed in an attack against its compound after a demonstration against the burning. The U.N. peacekeeping chief Alain LeRoy said the dead in Friday's attack included a Swede, a Norwegian and a Romanian staff member as well as four Nepalese guards at the compound in Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital of Balkh province. He said no Afghan staffers were among the dead. Afghan officials said more than two dozen people were wounded, and at least 25 people were detained. Also Friday, NATO says a joint security force killed a known Taliban suicide attack leader in Kunduz province. The international alliance says the Taliban leader was responsible for organizing and directing an attack in February that killed 29 Afghan civilians and an Afghan police officer. Thirty-six Afghan civilians were wounded in the attack in Emam Saheb City.

Five die in Quran burning protest in Afghanistan

Meanwhile, in southern Afghanistan, officials say a protest in Kandahar against the burning of a Quran turned violent, killing five people and wounding 46.

On Friday in the north, the UN said seven foreign staff members were killed in an attack against its compound after a demonstration against the burning.

The U.N. peacekeeping chief Alain LeRoy said the dead in Friday's attack included a Swede, a Norwegian and a Romanian staff member as well as four Nepalese guards at the compound in Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital of Balkh province. He said no Afghan staffers were among the dead.

Afghan officials said more than two dozen people were wounded, and at least 25 people were detained.

Also Friday, NATO says a joint security force killed a known Taliban suicide attack leader in Kunduz province. The international alliance says the Taliban leader was responsible for organizing and directing an attack in February that killed 29 Afghan civilians and an Afghan police officer. Thirty-six Afghan civilians were wounded in the attack in Emam Saheb City.

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