Afghanistan: Koran protests in Kandahar and Jalalabad
15:38, 3 April 2011
KANDAHAR. April 3. KAZINFORM Hundreds of demonstrators have marched through the streets of the Afghan cities of Kandahar and Jalalabad in new protests at the burning of a Koran in the US last month; Kazinform refers to BBC News.
It comes after 14 people, including seven UN staff, were killed in violence after similar protests on Friday.
US President Barack Obama described the killings as "outrageous" and the Koran burning as "intolerance and bigotry".
Ten people died following protests in Kandahar on Saturday.
Dozens more were injured.
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