Pakistan condemns Koran burning in Afghanistan

Pakistan on Friday strongly condemned the burning of Korans at a US airbase in Afghanistan, saying it was important that THE utterly irresponsible and reprehensible things do not recur. "On behalf of the government and the people of Pakistan, we condemn in strongest possible terms the desecration of Holy Koran" in Afghanistan," Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abdul Basit told a press briefing in Islamabad. "It is absolutely important that such utterly irresponsible and reprehensible things do not recur," he added. At least 12 Afghan people and two American soldiers have been killed in three days of furious anti-US protests in Afghanistan over the burning.