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by insurgents who were dressed as american military members. kabul, karachi, pakistan the two main hot spots this morning. more from pakistan just ahead. first to anna coren live in cable for us. what's happening? >> soledad, there were protests on the street, as you say, not far from the u.s. embassy here in kabul. about 300 protesters attacked police and 15 officers were injured, including the commander. they burnt two police cars, along with a bunch of tires, and we approached the scene. however there were reports that guns were being fired and that they were attacking westerners....

cable for us. what's happening? >> soledad, there were protests on the street, as you say, not far from the u.s. embassy here in kabul. about 300 protesters attacked police and 15 officers were injured, including the commander. they burnt two police cars, along with a bunch of tires, and we approached the scene. however there were reports that guns were being fired and that they were attacking westerners. we had to keep at bay. certainly that violence that we've seen across the muslim world has finally spread to afghanistan. the government has really tried to keep a lid on it by bann...

this is "today" with matt lauer and f-guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning. welcome to "today" on a monday morning. i'm matt lawer. >> good morning, everyone. i'm savannah guthrie. that wave of anti-american violence keeps spreading this morning with protests now in at least 20 countries. >> the latest demonstrations overnight in afghanistan, pakistan and indonesia, these were all sparked by an internet movie that ridicules the islamic faith. this morning we're going to get some unique perspective on what's going on from salman rushdie who faced a similar ...

southern afghanistan. nato officials say afghan police shot and killed four american troops and that wasn't the only insider attack this weekend. anna coren has more from kabul. >> reporter: it's been a deadly weekend here in afghanistan. two more green on blue attacks have been afghan soldiers turning on the coalition forces that are training them. early sunday morning, four american soldiers were killed after an afghan police officer turned his weapon on them. this fol whos an attack on two british soldiers killed on saturday. n now, this is an alarming trend for coalition forces w...

shot and killed four american troops and that wasn't the only insider attack this weekend. anna coren has more from kabul. >> reporter: it's been a deadly weekend here in afghanistan. two more green on blue attacks have been afghan soldiers turning on the coalition forces that are training them. early sunday morning, four american soldiers were killed after an afghan police officer turned his weapon on them. this fol whos an attack on two british soldiers killed on saturday. n now, this is an alarming trend for coalition forces who have already lost 51 soldiers this year as a result ...