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Summary Twenty people including seven foreign UN workers died on Friday in an attack on a UN headquarters.
The attack was occurred in northern Afghanistan by protesters angered by a US pastor’s burning of the holy Quran.“Seven UNAMA employees have been killed, out of which five are Nepalese and two others are Europeans, one woman and one man,” said governor of Balkh province Atta Mohammad Noor, referring to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan.“There are five protesters killed and 20 others injured in Mazar-e-Sharif,” the governor told reporters on Friday. More than 20 insurgents involved with the attack have been arrested, he added, saying the decision by protesters to go to the UN office had not been pre-planned.Police had earlier placed the death toll at 20 and said eight foreign UN workers had been killed. The UN itself has not yet confirmed the number of deaths.
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