Nato pulls out of Afghan ministeries after Kabul attack news

 Nato said an “individual” had turned his gun on the officers , believe to be a colonel and major,  and had not yet been identified or caught.

Nato commander Gen John Allen condemned the attack as cowardly.

The interior ministry was put in lock down after the shootings. The BBC’s orla Guerin in Kabul says 8 shots were reported inside the building which should be one of the safest in the capital and that any Afghan who carried out the attack would have had the highest clearness.

The attack comes as more people died in a fifth day of violent mass protests over controversy. One person was shot dead and two were also wounded in a shooting that took place in Logar province.

South of Kabul after violent clashes between hundreds of protesters were shot dead 50 wounded when demonstrators tried to overrun a UN compound.