Six dead in fresh Afghanistan Koran burning protests

Six Afghans have been killed and dozens injured in fresh protests against the burning of the Koran by US soldiers.

Three people were killed in Kunduz province when police fired on demonstrators near a UN compound. Three more were killed in the southern province of Logar.
More than 20 people have been killed since the protests began on Tuesday.
On Friday Nato's Afghanistan commander Gen John Allen appealed for calm while the incident was investigated.
US personnel apparently inadvertently put the books into a rubbish incinerator at Bagram air base, near Kabul.
In Kunduz, capital of Kunduz province in northeast Afghanistan, hundreds of protesters were reported to have massed near a UN compound.
"The protesters are clashing with the police and trying to enter the compound, but police have stopped them so far," Sarwar Husaini, Kunduz police spokesman, told the AFP news agency.
Several shops in Kunduz were also set on fire, police and eyewitnesses told the BBC.
The governor's house in Laghman province also came under attack on Saturday.
"The protesters turned violent and were throwing stones at the governor's palace," a protester told AFP.
Doctors at Laghman hospital told the BBC that 21 people had been injured, two of them critically.
Demonstrations were also reported by police and government officials in Paktia, Nangarhar and Sari Pul provinces.
'Major error'

Friday saw the worst violence yet in the continuing unrest

Friday was the deadliest day of unrest so far. At least 12 people were killed across the country as mobs charged at US bases and diplomatic missions.
Eight of the deaths reported on Friday were in western Herat province, which had seen little unrest previously.
Earlier on Friday, Gen Allen called on "everyone throughout the country - Isaf [International Security Assistance Force] members and Afghans - to exercise patience and restraint as we continue to gather the facts".
"Working together with the Afghan leadership is the only way for us to correct this major error and ensure that it never happens again," he said in a statement.
US President Barack Obama has also apologised for the Koran-burning incident.
In a letter to his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai, Mr Obama said the books had been "unintentionally mishandled".
Muslims consider the Koran the literal word of God and treat each book with deep reverence.
On Thursday the Taliban had called on Afghans to attack "invading forces" in revenge for "insulting" the Koran.
Last year, at least 24 people died in protests across Afghanistan after a hardline US pastor burned a Koran in Florida.