The 2012 Afghanistan Quran burning protests Protest was a series of protests of varying levels of violence Violence which took place Process_start early in 2012 in response Response to the burning of Islamic religious material by soldiers from the United States Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan .

On 22 February 2012 , U.S. troops at Bagram Base disposed Emptying of copies of the Quran that had been used Using by Taliban prisoners to write Writing messages to each other .

Afghan forces working at the base reported Reporting this , resulting in Causation outraged Afghans besieging Besieging Bagram AFB , raining Damaging it with petrol bombs and stones .