Two killed in Afghan unrest

TWO policemen were killed and more than 30 people wounded in the southern city of Kandahar yesterday during the third day of violent protests across Afghanistan against the burning of a Koran by a radical fundamentalist US pastor, officials said.

Violence at earlier demonstrations claimed more than 20 lives. Ten people were killed and more than 80 wounded in Kandahar on Saturday.

Seven foreign UN staff and five Afghan protesters were killed on Friday.