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15 die in Afghan Quran burning protests
Friday February 24, 2012 08:12:33 AM,
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Four killed in Afghanistan Quran burning
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At least four people were killed and 19 injured Wednesday after
thousands of Afghanis for the second day staged angry
demonstrations in Kabul and Jalalabad over the alleged Quran
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Kabul: At least 15
people have died in violence over the past three days in
Afghanistan following reports of burning holy Quran by foreign
soldiers.
Afghans in various provinces staged demonstrations that entered
its third day Thursday. At least 15 people died and dozens of
others were injured in clashes with police, Xinhua reported.
The protests erupted Tuesday in Bagram, the main US military base
50 km from Kabul, after media reports said copies of the Quran
were found in the rubbish that NATO transported in a truck the
previous night to a pit where waste is burned.
Protests have since swept across the country.
US President Barack Obama Thursday apologized over the incident,
the Afghan presidency said in a statement. In a letter to
President Hamid Karzai, Obama said the incident was not
intentional and assured him of full investigation, it said.
Karzai has appealed for calm and urged the Afghans "not to resort
to violence".
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Main entrance of Maulana Azad Library, Aligarh Muslim University
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