Violent anti-US protest erupts in Afghan capital

Gunmen from the crowd opened fire at police, but no one was hurt, police said.


Afp September 17, 2012

More than 1,000 Afghans staged a violent protest against a US-made film mocking the Prophet Mohammed in Kabul on Monday, setting fire to cars and shouting “Death to America”, police said.

The demonstration erupted on Jalalabad Road, home to NATO and US military bases in the eastern part of the Afghan capital, with two police cars among those set ablaze, Kabul police chief Mohammad Ayoub Salangi told AFP.

Gunmen from the crowd opened fire at police, but no one was hurt, police said. “We have not shot back and we won’t,” Salangi said.

An AFP photographer said burning tyres sent thick black smoke streaming into the sky and large stones littered the road as shopkeepers in the area hurriedly locked up and ran away.

COMMENTS (3)

Paki | 11 years ago | Reply

Incorrect reporting, video is not made by US! Should report more responsibily. I dont understand the idea that somehow USA is behind this video, as if US is one person(not that i approve protest regardless) yes these protests are retarded.

jeff | 11 years ago | Reply Before the Muslims take to the street feeling offended by a "movie", they should wonder if maybe the Islamic sects in northern Mali too felt offended by the destruction of their shrines; the Sufi's for the bull-dozing of their mausoleums in Libya; or the Buddhists for the implosion of their statues in Afghanistan....all at the hands of Muslims... but I guess there was no need to protest that.
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