Koran Burning in Afghanistan

Koran Burning in Afghanistan. Zaid Hamid, a defence analyst at the independent think tank BrassTacks, thinks that the incident is a total nightmare for the Americans, as it ’may now turn local former allies against them. “So far they have been facing the resistance from the Pashtun elements, but incidents like these are actually galvanizing the non-Pashtun elements. The Tajiks, the Khazars and the Uzbeks, who were supposedly allied to the Americans so far, are turning hostile, The incident will extend and expand the base of the resistance against Americans.” The demonstrations have prompted the US to lock down its embassy in the capital, Kabul, and bar its staff from traveling.The violence is the second time in a year that riots have erupted across Afghanistan over the perceived desecration of the Koran by Americans. The burning of a Koran by a pastor in Florida in March led to four days of riots in which 24 people died, including two U.S. soldiers shot by an Afghan policeman.