nick schifrin, abc news, kabul. >>> and tonight on "nightline," bill weir will have his full interview with that pastor. >>> also in afghanistan, six american soldiers have been killed in a vicious battle along the pakistan border there. abc's mike boettcher, the only journalist there, caught in the middle of it, describes it as the toughest fire fight he has seen in 30 years of reporting from war zones. the troops came under fire from three sides. the soldiers who died were from the 101st airborne division in ft. campbell, kentucky. and mike is working to safely get the story to us. we'll have his reporting for you next week. >>> now, to libya. it has been two weeks since the u.s. and allies started pounding gadhafi targets, while rebel forces tried to advance. but there's a growing sense tonight that even though the rebels cannot possibly defeat gadhafi, his inner circle may be close to cracking. to weigh in now for us, alex marquardt, who is in benghazi, libya, and jake tapper at the white house. >> reporte so, jake, what does the white house think end game is at this point, if ther

tonight, nick schifrin with what one of the u.n. workers did to survive the attack. >> reporter: today, thousands filled kandahar city, furious over that koran burning 8,000 miles away. the police shot into the crowd, killing nine, injuring 80. brutally they prevented what happened yesterday, protesters overrunning police in northern afghanistan and murdering seven u.n. members. remarkably, one of them survived. this man, pavel, local head of the u.n., found beaten and left in a ditch. earlier, inside the compound, attackers had put a gun to his head. they'd killed his colleagues and asked him to prove he was muslim. he isn't, but he convinced them he was by reciting the koran. they beat him up but let him go. >> he knew the culture and respected the afghan religion, which is islam, but different islam, not islam of those that want to manipulate. >> reporter: protests were ignited after fringe pastor terry jones burned a koran. he remains apologetic. >> we do not feel responsible, no. >> reporter: what's your message to someone like

nick schifrin joins me from kabul. today, general petraeus had to come out and condemn the burning of that koran. how bad sit there? >> reporter: we have seen three protests in three days. massive protests 8,000 miles away from that koran burning. people were burning u.s. flags. and chanting death to president obama. one piece op good news. the afghan police did not shoot into the crowds like they did yesterday. on friday, it was supposed to be the first line of defense around u.n. building with seven u.n. workers were killed. they were not able to keep those protesters out of that building. u.s. officials are deeply concerned about that. the place where that happened is the first city that is supposed to transfer to afghan control, to transfer to afghan police control in three months. and u.s. and u.n. officials are worried that this incident is a sign that the police are not ready to take control. cristiane? >> nick, thank you. we'll keep monitoring that situation. >>> now we turn to libya. america's newest war is en

nick schifrin, abc news, kabul. >>> we're going to shift gears now and turn to the u.s. economy. the government released its latest monthly jobs report friday, and the headlines are encouraging. the unemployment rate is at its lowest level in 2 years at 8.8%. employers added 216,000 jobs last month, and that's more than what economists had expected. david kerley has more on the story from washington, and, david, this is the number that economists were hoping for. >> reporter: it's the first time we've seen more than 2,000 hired in a month since the recession, bianna. and the strongest hiring was in the professional level, so office buildings like these across the country are filling up, and good news from small businesses too. >> what are you working on, my friend? >> reporter: the recession cost this internet start-up company nearly a third of its staff in layoffs. >> i like that one, yeah, actually that's good. >> reporter: now they can't hire enough workers. >> we're looking to again double our staff once again next year. >> reporter: double the staff next year. >> yep. >> rep