Protests Over Koran Burning

Video of a crowd killing an Afghan woman accused of burning pages from a Koran was shown in court on Sunday in the trial of nearly 50 people over a lynching that prompted outrage and protests in Kabul.

The Taliban urged Afghans on Thursday to target foreign military bases, and beat and kill Westerners in retaliation for burnings of copies of the Koran, Islam's holy book, at NATO's main base in the country.

Protests erupted outside the main US military base in Afghanistan and in Kabul today over allegations that foreign troops had set fire to copies of the Quran, police said.

At least one person was killed and six were injured in Afghanistan Friday in a protest over a US pastor's plan to burn the Koran on the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, Xinhua reported.The protest was launched in northern Afghanistan's Badakhshan province as part of the widespread demonstration against a Florida pastor's controversial plan t...

Video of a crowd killing an Afghan woman accused of burning pages from a Koran was shown in court on Sunday in the trial of nearly 50 people over a lynching that prompted outrage and protests in Kabul.

The Taliban urged Afghans on Thursday to target foreign military bases, and beat and kill Westerners in retaliation for burnings of copies of the Koran, Islam's holy book, at NATO's main base in the country.

Protests erupted outside the main US military base in Afghanistan and in Kabul today over allegations that foreign troops had set fire to copies of the Quran, police said.

At least one person was killed and six were injured in Afghanistan Friday in a protest over a US pastor's plan to burn the Koran on the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, Xinhua reported.The protest was launched in northern Afghanistan's Badakhshan province as part of the widespread demonstration against a Florida pastor's controversial plan t...