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Afghan airport hit by Taliban 'revenge' car bombing | |
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A Taliban suicide car bomber has killed at least six people in an attack at Jalalabad airport in eastern Afghanistan. | |
Insurgents said the attack was in revenge for a Koran burning incident at a US air base a week ago. | |
The burning, which the US says was unintentional, has sparked violent protests across the country. | |
Nato said it had no reports of international forces being among the casualties in Jalalabad. | |
The airport serves both civilian and international military aircraft. Witnesses reported seeing at least four destroyed cars at the gates. | |
Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said in an email to media: "This attack is revenge against those soldiers who burned our Koran.'' | |
President Hamid Karzai has appealed for calm amid anger at the incident at Bagram air base near Kabul. | |
In his televised address on Sunday, Mr Karzai "condemned with the strongest words" the treatment of the Korans but added: "Now that we have shown our feelings it is time to be calm and peaceful." | |
Manhunt | |
More than 30 people have been killed in the past five days, and further violence broke out on Sunday. | |
A grenade was thrown into a Nato base in northern Kunduz province during a protest, injuring several Nato personnel. | |
Also on Sunday, some 4,000 people took to the streets in Aybal, in northern Samangan province, attacking a police station and a US base. | |
Meanwhile, Afghan authorities are still hunting a 25-year-old Afghan policeman believed to have shot dead two senior Nato officers at the interior ministry in Kabul on Saturday. | Meanwhile, Afghan authorities are still hunting a 25-year-old Afghan policeman believed to have shot dead two senior Nato officers at the interior ministry in Kabul on Saturday. |
Afghan officials named the suspect as a police intelligence officer, Abdul Saboor, from Parwan province. | |
The dead Nato officers are believed to have been American officers. | |
On Sunday, France and Germany followed the US and Britain in withdrawing civilian staff from Afghan government institutions in the wake of the killings. | On Sunday, France and Germany followed the US and Britain in withdrawing civilian staff from Afghan government institutions in the wake of the killings. |