Protesters death toll hits 80 in protest campaign against burning Holy Quran in Kandahar

Imran Khalil

KANDAHAR, Apr. 02 – The reports sate that a large-scale protest by Afghan masses held in Kandahar city and was in progress through much of the day that unfolded on Saturday, April 02, 2011 at about 9:00 am, our correspondents said from Kandahar.

Thousand of angry Afghans took to the street protests the most inhuman and wicked act and unforgettable crime of burning Holy Quran, a flagrant blasphemy of the Muslims, most respected and holiest Book, an insult to the entire Muslim world by a savage Pop in Florida, US state.

The protesters gathered around the provincial governor office chanting anti-US slogans for hours; in the mean time, the puppet police opened fire on the civilians martyring some 10 Afghans and wounding more than 80, while the protest was ongoing.