TWo people were killed and dozens injured yesterday as demonstrations erupted for a third day in Afghanistan over the burning of a Koran in the United States, officials said.

President Hamid Karzai repeated his call to the White House, Senate and United Nations to bring to justice Terry Jones, the pastor who masterminded the burning of Islam's holy book, his office said.

One person was killed and 20 injured in what officials described as an accidental explosion that ripped through crowds of protesters in the southern city of Kandahar.

Hundreds of people had taken to the streets to protest against the burning of a Koran overseen by Jones at an evangelical church in Florida last month.