PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): Hundreds of students of a high school in Pul-i-Alam, provincial capital of central Logar province, staged a protest demonstration against alleged desecration of the Holy Quran by US forces.

The American troops have allegedly burnt a copy of the Holy Book during an operation in the central Maidan Wardak province more than a week ago.

Nearly 1500 students took part in the demonstration and blocked the Kabul-Gardez highway against vehicular traffic for at least two hours in Porak area of the capital.

They were chanting slogans against US forces and demanded punishment to the responsible ones.

Principal of the Kurak High School Ghulam Nabi said it was peaceful protest demonstration and violent incident happened during the protest.

He said the students chanted slogans against US and its allies.

The protestors through a resulotion demanded action against those involved the incident.

The highway blockade also confronted passengers with great inconvenience as they remained stranded for two hours.

Muhammad Alam, a passenger, who was on the way to Kabul, said 'thousands of people suffered as a result road blockade.

He said such protests should be carried out and planned in a proper way to avoid disrupting routine life business.

Several such protests were held in other provinces against the alleged desecration incident.

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