On the bright side, they didn’t kill anyone this time.

KHOST, Afghanistan (AFP) — Several hundred university students staged fresh, peaceful protests on Saturday in eastern Afghanistan against the burning of a copy of the Koran in the US, an AFP reporter said.

Students of Shaikh Zahid university in Khost city shouted slogans against the pastor who carried out the burning last month and carried anti-US and pro-Islam placards.

One slogan said: “We ask the United States government to bring to justice that infidel who burned and desecrated our holy book.”

The demonstration lasted for about two hours but was peaceful, the reporter at the scene said.

Last month’s Koran burning unleashed a wave of protests across Afghanistan, some of which were violent. Seven United Nations staff were killed during one protest in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif on April 1.