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Four die in protests over Koran burning

22 February 2012 | Afghanistan  By James Hirst 
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At least four people have been killed and 20 injured in Afghanistan, after protests spread following the burning of copies of the Koran at a US airbase.

One person was killed in Kabul, one in the eastern city of Jalalabad and two in Parwan province.

US officials apologised on Tuesday after Korans were "inadvertently" put in an incinerator at Bagram airbase.

Officials at Bagram reportedly believed Taliban prisoners were using the books to pass messages to each other.

The charred remains of the volumes were found by local labourers.

Protesters in Kabul shouted, "Death to America!" and threw stones at Camp Phoenix, the main US base in the city.