Afghan clerics demand punishment for Koran burners
enior Afghan clerics said on Friday a US apology for the burning of copies of the Muslim holy book at a NATO base last month would never be accepted, and demanded a trial and punishment for those who committed the "evil act".
"Those who committed this crime must be publicly tried and punished," members of a senior council of clerics said after meeting President Hamid Karzai, according to a statement issued by the president's office. (Reuters)
