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KABUL: Hundreds of Afghans took allotment in anti-US protests in four altered ambit on Saturday, authorities said, in a fifth day of demonstrations over the afire of Qurans that accept dead 24 people.

Rallies were actuality captivated in the eastern ambit of Logar and Nangarhar, and the axial arena of Sari Pul, government and bounded badge sources said, abacus that those gatherings were abundantly peaceful so far.

But a demonstrator in Mihtarlam, in northeastern Laghman province, called alone as Abdullah, who put the army there at "around 2,000", said: "The protesters angry agitated and were throwing stones at the governor's
palace.

"Gunshots were accursed by the aegis forces."

No bounded admiral could anon be accomplished to affirm his account.

In Sari Pul, demonstrator Mohammad Sadiq said "around 5,000" bodies had aggregate at the Pul-e-Khishti mosque. "They accursed the angelic Quran burning," he said. "It is not agitated yet."

Authorities were not anon able to affirm the admeasurement of the crowd.

In Logar, a badge antecedent said: "Around 200 people, mostly university acceptance accept taken to the streets in Muhammad Agha district.

"They accept bankrupt the Kabul-Logar highway, and are chanting 'Death to America' and 'Death to Karzai'."

It was the fifth day of anti-US protests in Afghanistan over the afire of Qurans at the US airbase of Bagram, abreast Kabul, and 24 bodies had been dead by Friday.