At least six people have been killed amid ongoing violence over the improper disposal of Qurans at NATO?s main base in Afghanistan. NBC?s Atia Abawi reports.
>> let's begin with this morning's breaking news. deadly anti-american protests in afghanistan . nbc's jim miklaszewski is at the pentagon for us this morning. good morning.
>> reporter: good morning, ann. sources are telling nbc news in kabul that the casualty toll has now risen to as many as six dead and nearly three dozen injured in violent protests that swept across three provinces there in afghanistan . in kabul it's reported that afghan security forces opened fire on protesters, killing at least one of the protesters, injuring a dozen others. now, this all began yesterday at the bagram air base north of kabul when it was discovered the u.s. military had inadvertently ordered the burning of korans, the most sacred relin liridg ridgligious icon for their religion. the korans were confiscated because it was learned that some militants there were passing extremist messages through that koran. they were ordered disposed of. but immediately the commander of all u.s. military forces there in afghanistan , general john -- the general there ordered that all and immediate investigation be launched to determine exactly what happened. hamid karzai , the president of afghanistan and other afghan leaders were invited to join in the investigation and ordered a refresher course for all u.s. military , in fact, to the cultural refresher course to respect islam and their tenets. the remarkable thing is after ten years it would seem that the u.s. military would be aware of the sensitivities and some u.s. officials are calling this a stupid mistake.
>> all right. those are very strong words. jim miklaszewski , thank you so much on this
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