Officials: 6 Afghan Police Die While Defusing Bomb Kabul - 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.