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Afghan Police Fire Into Air To Disperse Demonstrators In Kabul

Afghan security forces fired into the air on Friday (June 2) to hold back protesters demanding the resignation of President Ashraf Ghani’s government following this … Continue reading Afghan Police Fire Into Air To Disperse Demonstrators In Kabul


Afghan security forces fired into the air on Friday (June 2) to hold back protesters demanding the resignation of President Ashraf Ghani’s government following this week’s devastating truck bomb attack in Kabul.

More than 1,000 demonstrators gathered near the site of where the blast took place on Wednesday (May 31), which killed more than 80 people and wounded 460, accusing Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah of responsibility for the attack. Others demanded that the government execute prisoners from the Haqqani network, the Taliban-affiliated militant group that intelligence officials blame for the attack.

As some demonstrators tried to cross a police cordon, security forces began firing into the air to push them back. There were no signs of any casualties.

While relatively modest in size, the demonstration nonetheless underlines the growing public anger with the government for its failure to ensure public security, almost three years after most foreign troops left Afghanistan.