Afghan protestors are seen in front of the US base of Bagram during an anti US demonstration in Bagram north of Kabul, Afghanistan. -- PHOTO: AP
KABUL (AFP) - At least nine demonstrators were shot dead and dozens wounded Wednesday in violent protests across Afghanistan over the burning of the Quran at a US-run military base, officials said.
The Afghan interior ministry blamed at least one of the deaths on 'foreign guards of Camp Phoenix', a US military base in eastern Kabul attacked by protesters, but most were attributed by local officials to clashes with police.
The ministry said it would investigate all the deaths, blaming some of them on 'security guards' at unnamed foreign bases. A spokesman said it was not known whether the guards were Afghans or foreigners.
In Kabul and in provinces to the east, north and south of the capital, furious Afghans took to the streets screaming 'Death to America', throwing rocks and setting fire to shops and vehicles as gunshots rang out.
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