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Afghan Koran burning at Bagram sparks fresh protests Afghan Koran burning at Bagram sparks fresh protests
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Anti-American demonstrations are under way in the Afghan cities of Kabul and Jalalabad over the burning of copies of the Koran by Nato troops. Anti-American demonstrations are under way in the Afghan cities of Kabul and Jalalabad over the burning of copies of the Koran at a US airbase.
Shots have been fired in Kabul, where protesters have gathered outside a US military base. At least three people have been injured in Kabul, while shots were fired outside a US military base.
On Tuesday, the US commander in Afghanistan, Gen John Allen, apologised after soldiers put copies of the Koran in an incinerator at Bagram airbase. On Tuesday, the US commander in Afghanistan, Gen John Allen, apologised after copies of the Koran were put into an incinerator at Bagram airbase.
The charred remains of the books were found by local labourers.The charred remains of the books were found by local labourers.
One person was wounded and five detained after troops at Bagram fired rubber bullets at protests on Tuesday. Two senior Afghan officials told the BBC that religious materials held by Taliban prisoners had been confiscated because US officials suspected they were using them to send secret messages to each other.
Reports suggest the Korans were seized because soldiers at the base believed Taliban prisoners were using the books to send messages. Pro-Taliban slogans
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said he and Gen Allen apologised to the Afghan people "and disapprove of such conduct in the strongest possible terms". Protesters in Kabul shouted, "Death to America!" and threw stones at the main US base in the city.
Hundreds of people have gathered outside a military base on the main road linking Kabul and Jalalabad to the east, closing the main trade route, a Kabul police spokesman told the Associated Press. Witnesses at the protests in Kabul said security guards were firing into the air. There are also reports of people chanting pro-Taliban slogans.
Demonstrators blocked the road linking Kabul with the eastern city of Jalalabad.
A riot police unit was attacked by protesters in Kabul and fled, the AFP news agency reported.
One protester, 18-year-old Ajmal, told Reuters: "When the Americans insult us to this degree, we will join the insurgents."
The US embassy in Kabul has tweeted that it is on lockdown and all travel is suspended.The US embassy in Kabul has tweeted that it is on lockdown and all travel is suspended.
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said he and Gen Allen apologised to the Afghan people "and disapprove of such conduct in the strongest possible terms".
After previous incidents, many Afghans find it hard to understand how US forces could have allowed the Koran to have been burned, our correspondent says.
Last year, at least 24 people died in protests after a hardline US pastor burned a Koran in Florida.
On Tuesday, one person was wounded and five detained after troops at Bagram, 60km (40 miles) north of Kabul, fired rubber bullets at protests.
Bagram includes a prison for Afghans detained by Nato forces.