New anti-US protests erupt in Afghanistan
China Daily | Updated: 2012-02-25 08:28
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Afghan demonstrators run as they shout anti-US slogans during a protest against Quran desecration in Kabul on Thursday. The Taliban exhorted Afghans attack and kill foreign troops to avenge the burning of Qurans at a US-run base, but stopped short of cutting off contact with American officials in Qatar. Shah Marai / Agence France-Presse |
KABUL - Hundreds of demonstrators marched toward the palace of Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul on Friday, as a fourth day of protests erupted over the burning of Qurans at a NATO base, with riot police and soldiers on high alert.
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