(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - On Wednesday, the protesters took to the streets in the capital Kabul, the western city of Herat and the eastern city of Jalalabad for a second day after US-led troops at the Bagram Airbase burned a large number of Islamic religious materials including copies of the Holy Quran.
Parwan Province is home to the Airbase where the Quran desecration occurred.
The US government and the American commander of NATO-led forces in Afghanistan apologized on Tuesday after Afghan laborers collecting trash found charred copies of the Qur’an at the Bagram Airbase.
The US Embassy in Kabul has declared lockdown.
Meanwhile, Afghan lawmakers shouted Death to America in parliament's open session and Afghan President Hamid Karzai is set to attend an urgent parliamentary session on Thursday.
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