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Protest in Afghanistan turns violent as 2 killed

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-05-18 15:40

TALUQAN, Afghanistan - Demonstration to condemn the alleged killing of four civilians by NATO-led troops in Takhar province turned into violence on Wednesday as two people were killed and 15 others injured, a doctor said.

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"The hospital in Taluqan city has received two dead and 15 injured," a doctor in the hospital Faiz Mohammad Ahmadi told Xinhua.

The protestors blamed NATO-led troops for targeting a house outside Takhar provincial capital Taluqan city Tuesday night and killing four civilians including two women and arresting two others.

Meanwhile, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said in a statement that all the four people killed during the operation in Taluqan Tuesday night were armed insurgents.

An official said on condition of anonymity that the protestors attempted to storm ISAF Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Taluqan city and gun shots were heard.