Angry protests spread in Afghanistan over Koran burning

Afghanistan: Hundreds of angry Afghans took to the streets in the capital Kabul and the eastern city of Jalalabad yesterday as protests spread over the burning of the Koran by NATO troops.

About 500 protesters threw stones at a US military base on Jalalabad road in Kabul, while in the eastern city more than 1,000 demonstrators blocked the highway shouting “Death to Americans, Death to Obama”, AFP journalists said.