{"id":357954,"date":"2011-04-01T14:54:06","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T14:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/01\/un-staff-killed-in-afghan-protest\/"},"modified":"2011-04-01T14:54:06","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T14:54:06","slug":"un-staff-killed-in-afghan-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/01\/un-staff-killed-in-afghan-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"UN staff killed in Afghan protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"46.610169491525\">\n    \t\t  <span><br \/>\n    <span>1 April 2011<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Last updated at <\/span><span>10:54 ET<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>At least eight people have been killed in Afghanistan during an attack on a UN compound in the northern city of Mazar-e Sharif, officials say.<\/p>\n<p>The violence occurred during a protest reported to be over the burning of the Koran in a US church last month.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters in Mazar-e Sharif shouted &#8220;Death to the USA, Death to Israel&#8221; after Friday prayers, and went on to attack the UN compound.<\/p>\n<p>The UN mission in Afghanistan says foreign staff were among those killed.<\/p>\n<p>On 20 March, Pastor Wayne Sapp set light to a copy of the Koran at a church in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>The burning took place in the presence of Terry Jones, another US pastor who last year drew condemnation over his aborted plan to burn the Koran on the anniversary of the 9\/11 attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Protests against the Florida burning were held in several Afghan cities on Friday &#8211; which demonstrators in Herat had called a &#8220;day of anger&#8221;, Afghanistan&#8217;s Noor TV channel reports.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/world-south-asia-12940014\" title=\"UN staff killed in Afghan protest\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UN staff killed in Afghan protest<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 1 April 2011 Last updated at 10:54 ET At least eight people have been killed in Afghanistan during an attack on a UN compound in the northern city of Mazar-e Sharif, officials say. 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