KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Hundreds of peaceful protesters blocked the main highway in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday and marched through the southern city of Kandahar toward a United Nations office, denouncing the burning of a Koran by a radical fundamentalist U.S. pastor.
The demonstrations come after two days of deadly violence at similar gatherings, but officials promised a larger police and army deployment in Kandahar, the birthplace of the Taliban, to keep control. The protests in Jalalabad, the main city in the east, dissolved after several hours.
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