Several hundred people have protested in Afghanistan against a decision to dismiss a case against a man who converted from Islam to Christianity

BBC News:

Abdul Rahman's case has been handed back to the attorney-general because of gaps in the evidence, an official said.

The decision to release Mr Rahman came amid mounting international criticism over the issue.

Mr Rahman, a Christian for 16 years, was charged with rejecting Islam and potentially faced the death penalty.

Afghanistan's legal system is built on Islamic Sharia law, and Mr Rahman could have faced execution if he had refused to renounce Christianity.

The Afghan government has come under considerable domestic pressure over the case, says the BBC's Sanjoy Majumder in Kabul.

More than a thousand protesters took to the streets in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif on Monday morning.

They demanded that Mr Rahman be tried and executed for converting to Christianity.

With chants of "Death to Bush!", they warned the international community to keep off the case.

Afghanistan has an Islamic constitution which must be respected, they said.

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