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发帖数: 901 | 1 KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide car bomber killed nine people in an attack on a
military airport in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, officials said, the
latest bloodshed since copies of the Koran were burned at a NATO base last
week.
There was no official indication the explosion at the gates of Jalalabad
airport was linked to the deadly protests, but the Taliban claimed
responsibility for the attack as "revenge" for the Koran burnings.
Nineteen Afghan civilians and law enforcement officers and four NATO
soldiers were wounded in the blast, a spokesman for the NATO-led
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Nangarhar province, of
which Jalalabad is the capital, said.
Jalalabad airport is almost exclusively used by NATO and the U.S. military.
Anti-Western fury has deepened significantly since the desecration of the
Muslim holy book at the main NATO Bagram air base in Afghanistan. NATO
described the incident as a tragic blunder.
The U.S. Embassy warned of a "heightened" threat to American citizens in
Afghanistan and many Westerners are on "lock down", meaning they are not
allowed out of their fortified compounds.
Riots have raged across Afghanistan over the past week despite widespread
apologies from U.S. leaders, including President Barack Obama and military
commanders.
Seven U.S. military trainers were wounded on Sunday when a grenade was
thrown at their base in Afghanistan's north.
Chants of "Death to America!" have come to characterize the protests and
some demonstrators have hoisted the white Taliban flag.
With few signs of the crisis abating, the U.S. ambassador said the United
States should resist the urge to pull troops out of Afghanistan ahead of
schedule.
"Tensions are running very high here. I think we need to let things calm
down, return to a more normal atmosphere, and then get on with business,"
Ambassador Ryan Crocker told CNN.
"This is not the time to decide that we are done here. We have got to
redouble our efforts. We've got to create a situation that al Qaeda is not
coming back," he said.
Under an international agreement, foreign combat forces are due to leave
Afghanistan by the end of 2014, a process which is already under way. | s*********8
发帖数: 901 | 2 always linked?
新疆喀什地区叶城县今天傍晚6点左右发生少数暴徒砍杀无辜群众事件，12人死亡。据
新华社报道，事件发生在叶城县幸福路市场。有目击者称，手持凶器的暴徒砍死了10人
，还有部分群众受伤。警方已当场至少击毙2名行凶暴徒，抓捕行动还在进行中 |
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