'Qur'an burning' at Bagram base sparks protest – in pictures
A protester outside Bagram points at a US soldierPhotograph: Musadeq Sadeq/APDemonstrators show copies of the Qur'an allegedly set alight by US soldiersPhotograph: Shah Marai/AFP/Getty ImagesA demonstrator holds a copy of a half-burnt Qur'anPhotograph: Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images
Demonstrators chant anti-US slogansPhotograph: Shah Marai/AFP/Getty ImagesA man holds up a rubber bullet as others take coverPhotograph: Shah Marai/AFP/Getty ImagesBoys take cover from US soldiers' rubber bulletsPhotograph: Shah Marai/AFP/Getty ImagesA man aims a slingshot towards US soldiersPhotograph: Shah Marai/AFP/Getty ImagesDemonstrators outside the basePhotograph: Shah Marai/AFP/Getty ImagesProtesters throw stones towards US soldiers at the basePhotograph: Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty ImagesProtesters clash with riot policePhotograph: S. Sabawoon/EPAAn injured man is helped by protestersPhotograph: S. Sabawoon/EPAProtesters attack the gates of a building believed to be a Nato military basePhotograph: S. Sabawoon/EpaProtesters shout slogansPhotograph: S. Sabawoon/EPABurning tyres during the protestPhotograph: Baz Muhmmad Abid/EPA
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