北约官员说，身穿阿富汗军服的男子在阿富汗东部打死两名联军士兵。同时，北约基地焚烧可兰经引起的抗议活动进入第三天。目前还不清楚北约士兵星期四的死亡事件是否与阿富汗各地爆发的示威活动有关。但塔利班早些时候发表声明，呼吁阿富汗人袭击外国军事基地，对北约基地焚烧穆斯林神圣的可兰经进行报复。数百名抗议者袭击了阿富汗东部省份拉格曼的一个美军基地，他们捣毁围墙并投掷石块。在北部的巴格兰省，有关官员说，一名抗议者被开枪打死，至少两名警察受伤。
与此同时，阿富汗总统卡尔扎伊的办公室说，他们收到了美国总统奥巴马对此事发出的正式道歉信。奥巴马在信中表达了他“深深的遗憾”，并做出“真诚道歉”。他写道，“这(焚书)是无意之举”，并表示，有关官员将采取“适当措施”避免再次发生这类事件，并追究肇事者的责任。
NATO officials say someone wearing an Afghan army uniform has shot dead two coalition service members in eastern Afghanistan, while protests over the burning of Qurans at a NATO facility continued for a third day. It was not immediately clear if the NATO deaths Thursday were related to the demonstrations that have erupted across the country. But the Taliban issued a statement earlier calling on Afghans to launch attacks on foreign targets in retaliation for the desecration of the Muslim holy book. Hundreds of protesters attacked a U.S.-run base in eastern Laghman province, where they stormed the walls and threw rocks. In northern Baghlan province, officials said gunfire killed one protester and wounded at least two police officers.
Meanwhile, Afghan President Hamid Karzai's office said it has received a letter from U.S. President Barack Obama formally apologizing for the incident.
In the letter, Obama expresses his "deep regret" and offers his "sincere apologies." He writes that "the error was inadvertent" and that officials will take the "appropriate steps" to avoid any recurrence and hold those accountable responsible.
