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Your support makes all the difference.Seven people were killed in clashes between Afghan security forces and protesters demonstrating against the burning of Korans by foreign soldiers at a Nato base near Kabul.
The anger over the incident provoked two days of protests across the country and fuelled a popular perception that foreign troops disrespect Afghan culture and Islam.
The interior ministry said the clashes in the eastern province of Parwan left four dead. Other deaths were reported at a US base near Kabul, where guards killed one person, and in Logar and Jalalabad provinces.
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