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 .

International condemnation followed the burning of copies of the Quran , on 22 February 2012 , from the library that is used Using by inmates at the base 's detention facility .