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Kabul (DPA) — The burning of the Qur’an at a US military base in Afghanistan was intentional, a member of the investigating team told dpa Monday.

“We believe it is intentional,” said Maulavi Khaliqdad, a member of the panel established by President Hamid Karzai.

“If they burnt one or two copies, then we could have said it could have been a mistake. But they took hundreds of such books to burn. Everyone knew those were religious books.”

News that US soldiers in Bagram airbase north of Kabul had burnt copies of religious books including Qur’an last month caused violent protests nationwide.

International military officials apologized and said it was “unintentional.” US President Barack Obama also sent a written apology to Karzai.