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Demonstrators massed for a second day in protest of reports that copies of the Koran had been burnt at Bagram Airbase, the biggest US base in Afghanistan.
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The protests continued despite an immediate apology yesterday from the top Isaf commander in Afghanistan, General John Allen, and another apology from US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta.
Pakistan will not support a US-driven initiative to start peace talks with the Taliban in Qatar until the Afghan government fully backs them, Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said in an interview with the Guardian newspaper.
She said that Afghan President Hamid Karzai was still unclear whether his government really wanted to negotiate with the Taliban in Qatar.
Three Nato troops were killed in a roadside bomb blast in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, Isaf said.
Isaf did not provide more details about the exact location of the incident and nationality of the troops.
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