MAZAR-I-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — Ten United Nations staff members on Friday were killed in a violent protest in northern Afghanistan, the Pajhwok news agency reported.
On Friday, demonstrators staged a protest against the Quran burning in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of Balkh province. The demonstration turned violent and ten UN foreign employees were killed.
“We can confirm that the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) operations centre in Mazar-i-Sharif has been attacked today following a demonstration. We can also confirm that there have been United Nations personnel deaths,” said UNAMA’s spokesperson, Dan McNorton.
A group of demonstrators attacked the operations centre for UNAMA. The attackers fired gunshots at peacekeepers guarding the compound and set fire inside it. In addition to the fatal victims, at least 12 people were injured. Two of the workers were beheaded.
“The situation is still confusing and we are currently working to ascertain all the facts and take care of all our staff,” added McNorton.
Initial reports indicate that UN staff members were trapped in the burning building and died. The nationalities of the deceased are currently unavailable. Violence lasted for hours as thousands of people took the streets protesting the burning of the Islam holy book by a Florida, U.S., pastor on March 20.
According to McNorton, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Staffan de Mistura, is on his way to Mazar-i-Sharif to deal with the situation personally. De Mistura is also the head of UNAMA.
no one should be killed in the way the peace keepers were
Its horrible that those peacekeepers had to die… the dumb thing is they were killed by the people they went there to help. The protestors should b held accountable for their actions which include murder and if they don’t wanna come before a judge & jury peacefully they should be handled with extreme prejudice!! Why the f**k not?!!? How dare they behead anyone.. that’s what the insurgents did to some of our servicemen in the very recent past… that doesn’t sit well!!
KEEP BURNING THEM WHEN THRY SAY CHRISTIAN ARE DOGS WE A QUIET WHEN THEY PERCUTE WE QUET KEEP BURING THEM
IT IS NOT ANYMORE RELIGION THAT PROPELS CONFUSION, THE LOVE FOR MONEY AND POWER IS CREATING ALL THESE CONFUSIONS. MY DEAR FELLOWMEN, THE BILLIONAIRES ARE PLAYING AT THE EXPENSE OF THE POOR (WHATEVER RELIGION YOU HAVE) PLEASE MAKE A GOOD ANALYSIS OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD. WITHOUT CREATING CONFUSION, THERE IS NO ENOUGH BUSINESS FOR THE BILLIONAIRES. IF THE POOR BITE THE BAITS OF THESE BILLIONAIRES, THEY LAUGH THE LOUDEST AND THE POOR PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE EVEN TEARS TO SHED BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOTHING. ” I, I WHO HAVE NOTHING”
A MEN MY CHILD.there lies the ansewer. let them talk, let them fight,with all there might non of them are right, because they can’t see he LIGHT.
Those who say Islam is a religion of peace.Can they prove it? Every country where Muslims are in power you have misery and oppression.The women are treated as properties.
A 19 yr old girl was raped by gangsters.She was jailed and to received 90 lashes,she appealed and and they double it.They said she was found in a car with a man that was not her husband or relative.
She said ,she went to retrieve a photo from her school mate and a friend
As Christ ended His prayer in the garden His enemies came with weapons to arrest Him.Peter (Christ’s follower) drew his sword struck the servant of the high priest ear.
But Jesus said to him,’put your sword in its place.”And My loving Savior healed the man’s ears immediately.
Christ went on to say “I can ask my Father 72,000 angels to destroy them” Matthew 26:50-52.
While Christ was hanging on the cross, because of our sins.They made fun of Him and said
” If your are the Son of God save your self and come down from the cross,You save others your self you cannot save”
Now see how He reacted. “FATHER FORGIVE THEM BECAUSE THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY DO. Luke 23:34.
Christianity is more than a religion. IT IS LOVE IN ACTION .
Stephen was brutally murdered for Christ’s sake,again he asked his loving God to forgive the murderers. Acts 7:50
Can this be said of the Muslim religion? I will continue
Jesus said in the bible to sell your cloaks and buy swords. Jesus pronounced curses on the scribes and pharisees calling them foxes, snakes and dogs.
If you believe that Jesus is god from the beginning, must I ask all these killings of innocent people in the old testament, were they sanctioned by Jesus Christ?
Lack of education causes aot of problem, one of which is unsubstantiated belief system and lack of reasoning…. hence peoples devotion to a religous belief system where one is encouraged to end ones life for promises unseen.
i say leave these ppl where they are, bannn them from the west.
How about those who were born in the west? Would you ban them too?
@ Muslim-Always,
I am not a Muslim. Many people believe that the religion is peaceful and those that are responding to the behaviors of the Western World by bringing violence to much of the world, only represent a small group of Muslims. It is believed that that small group, to include Osama Bin Laden, the Taliban and to a certain extent, Mummar Ghaddafi, is misinterpreting the Holy Koran. Many believe that the Holy Koran teaches peace. Can you give me your take on that?
Thanks
Mummar Ghaddafi, all the scholars have ruled that he is a non muslim.
Second, yes only a small group are misintepreting the Holy Quran.
Thirdly, we believe in tolerance of other religions as well as the fundamental right to defend ourselves. As I have mentioned before in my comments we do not support the killing of innocent people etc.
looking at the comments, someone’s trying to desperately defend their religion…….lol…. From what I see all they do is fight in those countries. A friend of mine who is a libyan actually told me that he grew up fighting. they don’t know how to talk about things, they just fight for everything. Not from my mouth – from a Libyans. Don’t try to defend what there isn’t to defend.
You have lied and you know it.
Amongst all the propaganda and zionist media biasness, more people are coming into Islam. Truth has come and falsehood is bound to perish even if the pagans hate it.
the us needs to asassinate this pastor.
We the muslim ummah are against the murder of innocent people, burning and destruction of places of worship, weapons of mass destruction, all of these practices are clear violations of Islamic law and ethics.
Secondly, everyone talks about the UN peacekeepers. No one is talking about the Afghan civilians for the best few weeks now have been bombed and killed. Even Karzai, the president of Afghanistan condemns America strongly for these acts. In addition to that, this idiotic guy adds more salt to the wound by desecrating and burning the Holy Quran. Dominicans are too hasty and love to run their mouth without insight. The Afghan people REACTED pure and simple.
Someone may argue well it’s one pastor in the US but the UN people are not the US. It can be said that the UN represent the WEST, muslims don’t believe in the UN pure and simple.
If America was bombing Dominica, kills many of it’s citizens, then to add salt to injury you learnt that a church official in America burnt the flag of Dominica or it’s constitution what does that tell you? It symbolizes that you intend to destroy Dominica, thus, the Afghan feels by these actions, THE WEST WANTS TO DESTROY ISLAM so the Afghans took out their frustrations on the WEST!
please tell them who the inocent people are. they are the ones who adhere to the muslim religion. every one else is not innocent and deserves to be killed.
Your statements reflects the high saturation of ignorance. You are just like your father Abu Jahal (father of ignorance).
Will we kill our wives whom we can marry from the chaste christians and jews? Will we kill non muslims who have a treaty with us or who do not fight us and drive us out from our homes? ABSOLUTELY NOT!
I am proud to say that there is JIHAD in islam but only against Crusaders like George monkey Bush and his allies. The enemies of Islam who fight against Islam and muslims. These are legitimate targets and we make no apologies for that.
When you do not understand Islamic law ask a question before spewing venomous hatred towards Islam and muslims.
my friend your reasoning is shallow what these people did is not right all men have faults whether Muslim christian or pagan.if your baby does something wrong and you can’t beat her because she is a baby do you go and brutally beat your older daughter jus because she can stand the licks. think before you speak and thoroughly examine the roots of your religion.Mohamed is not a true prophet.
come on muslim-always, say something. you must find a way to justify this murder it”s somwhere in the coran right. [evil people]
Xtreamly wicked! Who are they serving? Their koran or Lucifer.
When Obama and his UN bombing those wicked set of people, Wonder who gonna feel sorry.
Why are you not commenting when for weeks now the Afghan civilians were killed? Where is the condemnation?
How comes that one” the voice that always know who God says should be killed not reasoning on these killings, I guess that not logical!
These types need to be exterminated. Beheading a peacekeeper?? Cmon. How far gone in humanity do you have to be to do something like this. If a Muslim in the Middle East somewhere burned a bible, christians here wouldnt riot and behead the local muslims. Seriously, these people are beyond reach and a threat to world peace. Eliminate them as soon as possible.
Eliminate them? Peacekeeper? UN? Were they peaceful in Bosnia and Chechnya?
Who burns bibles in the middle east?
there is none to burn. they burn all already lol
who burns bibles….you have some nerve.. look it up on the net.
Agreed!! Elimination is probably the best solution… atleast the elimination of the really fu*’d up ones.
Uttering a prayer for the family and friends of my slain fellow co-workers. So sad.
I WILL NOT POST ANY MORE COMMENTS
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that’s the religion of peace for you.
islam… the relligion of lucifer
Why when christians murder people their religion is not blamed, however, when a band of muslims do something the entire religion gets blamed? Where is the justice?
I guess your hatred of Islam blinds you doesn’t it?
that would not have happened if a bible was burnt.
This religion is very violent.
Christians do not believe in the bible. When the zionists bombed the church of nativity (Where the messiah was born) the christian world did or said nothing.
These people can attack the people who affect them negatively but why are they attacking peacekeepers? Mostly people who want to help them. Men I would just live these animals in their mess.
Animals? I beg your pardon? They are animals that’s why the west can invade their lands for no reason?
how sad…