Nightly News   |  April 01, 2011

Afghan protest over Quran-burning turns violent

Violence erupted outside a UN office in Northern Afghanistan on Friday; as many as 20 people are believed to have been killed. NBC's Brian Williams reports.

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>>> in northern afghanistan today in a city considered at one time one of the safest in that country, violence erupted outside a u.n. office. 12 people, including eight foreigners, were killed in a protest over the burning of the koran last month by a pastor in florida. many in the crowd carried signs, chanting slogans condemning america. as one dispatch put it, unable to find americans upon whom to venting their anger, the mob turned on the next best symbol of western occupation, the united nations headquarters . now domestically the