Rioters clash with Afghan police, NATO(Day 2) [View All]

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Thousands of rioters clashed with police and NATO peacekeepers across Afghanistan on Tuesday in demonstrations against the Prophet Muhammad drawings, officials said. One person was killed and scores wounded.

Two passersby, both women, were hurt when hit by stones during the demonstration by about 200 people outside the NATO base in the northwestern city of Maymana, police said.

Norwegian troops used tear gas to disperse the protesters, said Squadron Leader Annie Gibson-Sexton, a spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force.

In other protests against the caricatures published by Western newspapers, some 3,000 people threw stones at government buildings and an Italian peacekeeping base in the western city of Herat, said a witness, Faridoon Pooyaa. No one was hurt

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