AFGHANISTAN: Hundreds of Afghans take to the streets of Kabul in support of Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Mursi

Record ID: 213999

  • Title: AFGHANISTAN: Hundreds of Afghans take to the streets of Kabul in support of Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Mursi
  • Date: 5th July 2013
  • Summary: KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (JULY 5, 2013) (REUTERS) AFGHANS MARCHING AND CARRYING POSTERS OF EX-EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT MOHAMED MURSI CHANTING "GOD IS THE GREATEST" AFGHAN PROTESTERS HOLDING POSTERS OF MURSI CHANTING "GOD IS THE GREATEST" PROTESTERS CHANTING "MURSI" (SOUNDBITE) (Dari) PROTESTER AND MOHAMED MURSI SUPPORTER, MOHAMMAD MUDASIR, SAYING: "The reason for our demonstration is to announce our support for the legal government of Egypt led by Mohamed Mursi and oppose the military coup." PROTESTERS CHANTING "DEATH TO ISRAEL AND DEATH TO AMERICA" PROTESTERS CARRYING MURSI'S POSTER AND CHANTING "MURSI!" (SOUNDBITE) (Dari) PROTESTER AND MOHAMED MURSI SUPPORTER, QARI SAHIB, SAYING: "The main reason for today's protest is to express our sympathy and defend the right of the innocent people of Egypt who are ignored." PROTESTERS CHANTING VARIOUS OF AFGHAN POLICE
  • Embargoed: 20th July 2013 13:00
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  • Location: Afghanistan
  • Country: Afghanistan
  • Topics: International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVA15MN3R19OWS6IVL5WU9Q2G4F
  • Story Text: Hundreds of Afghans took to the streets of Kabul on Friday (July 5) in support of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi.
    Protesters chanting Mursi's name expressed their sympathy and support for the former president and the people of Egypt.

    "The reason for our demonstration is to announce our support for the legal government of Egypt led by Mohamed Mursi and oppose the military coup," said Mohammad Mudasir.
    The protests in Kabul took place at the same time as thousands of Mursi supporters demonstrated in cities across Egypt on what his Muslim Brotherhood group called a "Friday of rage". They are angry at what they describe as a military coup that toppled Egypt's first elected leader, a year after he took office.

    "The main reason for today's protest is to express our sympathy and defend the right of the innocent people of Egypt who are ignored," said protester Qari Sahib in Kabul.
    Mursi's dramatic removal after a year in office as Egypt's first freely elected president marked another twist in the turmoil that has gripped the Arab world's most populous country in the two years since the fall of Hosni Mubarak.
    Mursi's political opponents insist there was no coup.
    Rather, the Egyptian army heeded the "will of the people" in forcing the president out.
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