| Read this clipping- sounds like Iranian backed Teheran style agitation:-
ANTI-KARZAI SLOGANS
About 2,000 students chanting 'Death to America' protested in Jalalabad on Tuesday demanding an apology and punishment for those involved in the reported incident.
But many more turned out on Wednesday with ordinary residents also taking part, said a witness who estimated that well over 5,000 people were involved.
The protesters also denounced Karzai, destroying a big portrait of him and shouting 'Death to America's allies' and 'Death to Karzai' as well as 'Death to Bush'.
"We don't want America, we don't want Karzai, we want Islam," they shouted.
Cars were smashed, shops ransacked and government buildings torched. Protesters also looted the Pakistani consulate, a witness said. An Indian mission was also attacked, he said.
"The Governor's office building is on fire," said one witness as smoke billowed across the city on the main road to the Khyber Pass and Pakistan.
Two UN cars were set on fire and two UN offices attacked but not seriously damaged, said UN spokeswoman Ariane Quentier. All staff had been accounted for and confined to safe areas.
In Kabul, a US military spokesman said the reported desecration of the Koran was being taken seriously.
"We are investigating this and other complaints to see if in fact it has happened and, if so, to put in place procedures so that it will not happen again," the spokesman said.
A high-level US military investigation into accusations of detainee abuse at Guantanamo Bay has still to be completed and released.
Politicians in neighbouring Pakistan have also called for an an apology and an inquiry into the Newsweek report and assurances from Washington that those responsible would be punished.
Karzai is due to visit the United States this month where he said he would seek special long-term ties with Washington.
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