Two Killed in Afghan Protests Over Ousted Governor
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Two people were killed in clashes on Saturday between U.S. and Afghan forces and stone-throwing protesters angered by President Hamid Karzai effectively axing a regional governor, hospital officials and witnesses said.
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A suicide bomber killed the governor of Afghanistan's southeastern Paktia province today, the Interior Ministry said. The attack follows a dramatic rise in Taliban-led violence in Afghanistan.
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At least one demonstrator was killed and two others injured in violent clashes between demonstrators and local police and American soldiers in the western Afghan city of Herat
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Two people were injured as demonstrators attacked United Nations buildings in this western Afghan city in protest at the sacking of governor Ismael Khan, UN and police officials said.
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The deputy governor of Afghanistan's Helmand province is killed in a bomb attack on a mosque.
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DEMONSTRATORS set fire to United Nations offices and stoned United States soldiers in the Afghan city of Herat, a day after the government sacked its popular and powerful warlord as governor.
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Protesters set fire to several UN offices in the western Afghan city of Herat after a warlord was dismissed as the provincial governor, according to sources in the city.
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A curfew is put on the Afghan city of Herat after protests at the sacking of its former governor, TV reports say.
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The Afghan government on Saturday announced the removal of the powerful governor of Herat, in western Afghanistan, one of the country&#39;s longest standing warlords.
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Three protesters were hurt in the western Afghan city of Herat after the government sacked an Afghan warlord as governor in a bid to strengthen President Hamid Karzai's authority ahead of elections.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Protesters angered at President Hamid Karzai's sacking of a warlord governor in the west of the country ransacked U.N. compounds and clashed with security forces Sunday, leaving as many as three people dead and dozens wounded, including three U.S...
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Protesters angered at President Hamid Karzai&#39;s removal of a warlord governor in western Afghanistan ransacked UN compounds and clashed with security forces Sunday.
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KHOST, Afghanistan  - A suspected suicide bomber   blew himself up among mourners, including some Afghan   ministers, at the funeral on Monday of a provincial governor   who was killed last week in a suicide attack.
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Afghanistan KANDAHAR -- Two men opened fire on government troops destroying opium poppy crops in central Afghanistan yesterday, killing one soldier before both gunmen also were fatally shot, an official said. The gunmen attacked a group of 50 militia soldiers as they worked in a poppy field near Deh Rawood in Uruzgan Province, Governor Jan Mohammed Khan said. A second ...
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Nine people were killed and 32 wounded in northern Afghanistan Monday when police opened fire to break up a violent protest by a warlord&#39;s supporters, a doctor and a witness said.
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Two police officers were killed today in the Chechen capital of Grozny as they pursued a rebel, who was also killed, the Chechen Interior Ministry said.
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13 September 2004 -- Aid workers were leaving Afghanistan&#39;s western city of Herat today after bloody clashes in recent days sparked by the dismissal of a powerful local governor.