| Twenty-four Afghans involved in riots that rocked Quetta after the US started bombing Afghanistan were thrown out of the country. At least five people were killed and another 29 injured here in the immediate aftermath of the US bombing blitz that started on October 7. Banks were looted and police stations, United Nations offices, cinemas and shopping malls were torched. The Afghans were part of a wider sweep that netted dozens of refugees with no identification papers who joined the mobs. More than 50 people arrested after the rioting remain in prison. (AFP) |