Hundreds of Koran (Islamic Religious Material) were confiscated and mistakenly burnt by the NATO Soldiers which lead different protest and demonstration.
According to the reports, Protesters had started hurling petrol bombs and firing slingshots besieged the largest US-run military base in Afghanistan on Tuesday upon hearing the news about the burned copies of koran at the said Military Base.
The enraged crowd shouted "Death to Americans" and "Death to infidels" as guards at Bagram airbase, north of Kabul, responded by firing rubber bullets from a watchtower, said an Agence France-Presse photographer, who was hit in the neck.
The US commander in Afghanistan, General John Allen, released a statement and ordered an investigation into a report that troops "improperly disposed of a large number of Islamic religious materials which included Korans".
"I offer my sincere apologies for any offence this may have caused, to the president of Afghanistan, the government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, and most importantly, to the noble people of Afghanistan," .
Watch here how the Soldiers burned the Korans