Afghan Taliban insurgents claimed responsibility for the shooting deaths of American advisors in the interior ministry in Kabul on Saturday.

The Taliban said in a statement on their website that "a hero mujahid Abdul Rahman" killed four advisors over the burning of Qurans at a US-run military base. Government sources say two advisors were killed in the incident.
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