At least seven people have been killed in Afghanistan during an attack on a UN compound in the northern city of Mazar-e Sharif, officials say.
The violence occurred during a protest over the burning of the Koran by a pastor in a US church last month.
The protesters in Mazar-e Sharif shouted “Death to the USA, Death to Israel” as they gathered after Friday prayers.
Some reports say foreign workers were among those killed.
On 20 March, Pastor Wayne Sapp set light to a copy of the Koran at a church in Florida.
The burning took place in the presence of Terry Jones, another US pastor who last year drew condemnation over his aborted plan to burn the Koran on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
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