[Iran Press TV Latest] Four people have been killed after a demonstration was staged protesting the suspicious assassination of a regional cleric in Afghanistan's eastern Ghazni province.Hundreds of people in the main city of the Ghazni province held a rally against the government and foreign troops protesting the murder of Shams al-Din who was believed to be an outspoken critic of the US-led forces in the war ravaged country, according to the Iran-based Fars News Agency.
The marchers were reportedly holding anti-US placards and were chanting slogans against the western backed Kabul government.
The influential cleric was kidnapped by unidentified men outside Abu Hanifa mosque Wednesday night and was found dead the next morning.
Witness told Fars that nearly twenty people were also injured after angry protesters blocked roads and fought with police near the governor office in the volatile city.
The death toll is expected to rise as some of the injured are said to be in critical condition.
This is while the provincial officials in Ghazni have blamed the Taliban linked militants for the heinous crime.
Zabiullah Mujahid, the Taliban spokesman has rejected insurgents' involvement in the murder.
The insurgency has intensified in the eastern and southern provinces. The US-led forces in Afghanistan lost 77 more troops in August, setting a new monthly record since the war began eight years ago.