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Afghans begin 2nd day protest at Koran burning
Wednesday, 22 February 2012 12:28
Police say anti-American demonstrations are under way on the outskirts of the Afghan capital and in another city over an incident that the U.S. says was inadvertent burning of Muslim holy books at a military base.
Hundreds of Afghan protesters threw; stones at police on Wednesday. Security forces fired shots in the air in a second day of demonstrations after copies of the Koran, Islam's most holy book, were burned at a major NATO airbase.
Security forces fired shots in the air in a second day of demonstrations
Protesters shouted "Death to America!" and "Death to (President Hamid) Karzai" in demonstrations on the outskirts of the Afghan capital Kabul, while separate protests were also underway in the eastern city of Jalalabad. There are university students among the demonstrators, said the source.
As many as 2,000 Afghans on Tuesday massed outside several gates to Bagram Airbase, the main centre for NATO-led forces just north of Kabul, after local laborers found charred remains of copies of the Koran as they collected rubbish.
Edited by Shoayb-Bokhdi News Agency
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