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2010-08-17 Afghanistan

[Tolo News] At least, three Afghans were wounded on Sunday in riot in Pul-e-Sayad village of Bagram district in northern Parwan pronvince, ISAF said in a statement

The three wounded were among rioters who were throwing big rocks at US troops convoy escorting a local contractor to an Afghan Ministry of Defence compound, it said.

After attempts by foreign troops failed to stop them throwing rocks, a US service member fired in self-defence and consequently three people were injured, it further said.

It has been said that the riot was caused by the land ownership dispute between the Afghan Ministry of Defence and the villagers.

The statement quotes Col. William F. Roy, commanding officer for Task Force Wolverine as saying, "The land dispute is clearly an Afghan government issue that must be settled in order to resolve the ongoing concern of Afghans from the village of Sayad."

It is quite a while that fight and disputes over government lands are growing concern and even lead to the deaths of civilians.

In recent land dispute incidents between Kuchis and Hazaras in Kabul, three disputers were killed and thirty others were injured.

Some days ago 8 others were also killed in land disputes between two tribes in the southern Khost province.

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