Afghan police fire into air to disperse demonstrators in Kabul

Record ID: 877821

  • Title: Afghan police fire into air to disperse demonstrators in Kabul
  • Date: 2nd June 2017
  • Summary: KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (JUNE 2, 2017) (REUTERS) ANGRY PROTESTERS RUNNING TOWARD THE SITE OF WEDNESDAY'S TRUCK BOMB TRYING TO CROSS POLICE CORDON POLICE DUCKING AS OTHER POLICE FIRE IN THE AIR TO DISPERSE THE PROTESTERS PROTESTERS WALKING AWAY DOWN THE STREET AS FIRING CONTINUES PROTESTERS CLASHING WITH POLICE AFTER FIRING VARIOUS OF POLICE RUNNING DOWN STREET AFTER RETREATING PROTESTERS PROTESTERS WALKING UP THE STREET AND THEN RETREATING DEMONSTRATORS MARCHING WITH BANNERS
  • Embargoed: 16th June 2017 08:00
  • Keywords: demonstrators demonstration bomb blast Kabul truck bomb Afghan protesters demand Ashraf Ghani's resignation Afghan soldiers fire into the air to disperse protesters
  • Location: KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
  • City: KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
  • Country: Afghanistan
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016JL3UX1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: 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.
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