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41 Pak workers detained over Afghan cartoon protests | ||||
2006-02-09 | ||||
KABUL - Afghan authorities have arrested more than 40 Pakistani workers for inciting violence during a protest against cartoons of Prophet Mohammed in which four people were killed, an official said on Thursday.
Authorities in Qalat also planned to expel more than 100 Pakistani workers in coming days, Alikhil said. “We’ll not allow even a single Pakistani worker to work in Zabul any more,” he said. This included workers who entered Afghanistan with a visa.
The deaths in Qalat took to 11 the death toll from five days of protests in Afghanistan against the cartoons, which have appeared in several international newspapers, most of them European. Protestors in the city pelted police and US-led coalition soldiers with stones and set alight several vehicles and a school, witnesses said. Four protestors were killed in police shootouts and several people wounded. Defence ministry spokesman General Mohammed Zahir Azimi said Wednesday Pakistani workers had played a role in “sabotaging” the Qalat demonstration. A police spokesman said however that the cartoon protest had turned violent after being joined by Afghans who had been at a separate demonstration about jobs in the town going to nationals from neighbouring Pakistan. | ||||
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#1 "A police spokesman said however that the cartoon protest had turned violent after being joined by Afghans who had been at a separate demonstration about jobs in the town going to nationals from neighbouring Pakistan." "Kill the Paki immigrants stealing our jobs" "hey there are some more guys marching" "down with Denmark, down with the USA "wimps" bash, smash |
Posted by: liberalhawk 2006-02-09 15:42 |