About 300 men marched through the Afghan capital after Friday prayers in a new demonstration against cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed after a week of similar protests left at least 11 people dead. The men, some armed with large wooden sticks, shouted slogans against the United States and European countries where the newspaper cartoons that Muslims say are blasphemous have appeared in several dailies. Police disarmed and dispersed them, a witness said. Protests against the 12 cartoons started in Afghanistan last weekend and gained momentum on Monday when three people were killed, apparently from shots fired by police and by some demonstrators. A protest in the north-western city of Maymana on Tuesday became violent when protesters, some of them armed with guns, hurled grenades at a base of Norwegian-led peacekeepers and tried to storm the compound. Four demonstrators were killed and scores of people hurt, including five Norwegian soldiers. Another four people were killed Wednesday when a protest in the southern city of Qalat also turned violent, prompting security forces to open fire.