(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The investigation found that the five soldiers had moved the Korans from the Parwan Detention Facility near Kabul to A burn pit at the Bagram Air Field, CBS News reports.
But the probe report said that a US army probe would decide if the action should be taken against the concerned soldiers.
The findings come in the wake of Afghanistan's top religious leaders rejecting an apology from the United States, and demanding that those responsible be prosecuted and punished.
"Those who committed this crime must be publicly tried and punished. The council strongly condemns this crime and inhumane, savage act by American troops by desecrating holy books of the Koran," the Afghan clerics said.
The burning of the Korans on February 20 sparked off six days of deadly protests.
US President Barack Obama, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Marine General John Allen, the top commander in Afghanistan, had earlier apologized for the incident.
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4 March 2012 - 08:18
News ID: 300403
Five American soldiers were directly involved in the burning of KoranS at an American base late last month, a joint US-Afghan probe has found.
