Officials: 6 Afghan police die while defusing bomb

Published February 25, 2012 5:50am EST | Updated November 20, 2014 4:57pm EST

Afghanistan's Ministry of Defense says six Afghan soldiers have been killed and 16 others wounded while trying to defuse a roadside bomb.

The ministry says the soldiers died Saturday in Mukar district of Baghdis province in western Afghanistan.

In other parts of the country, thousands of Afghans demonstrated for a fifth day against the burning of Korans at a U.S. base. President Barack Obama and other U.S. officials apologized and said it was a terrible mistake, but the incident has sparked protests across the country.