KUNDUZ: At least twelve Afghan people were killed and over 50 others injured at protests in Afghanistan on Wednesday over the deaths of four people in a Nato raid, officials said.
Police and ISAF forces opened fire as around 2,000 people took to the streets in Taloqan, capital of the usually peaceful northeastern province of Takhar.
The troubles erupted after Nato-led forces said they killed four insurgents including two armed women in an overnight raid in the town.
But the protesters claimed those killed during the Nato raid were civilians.
The issue of civilian deaths during foreign military operations is explosive in Afghanistan and has drawn repeated, sharp criticism from Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
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During the Taloqan protest, demonstrators threw rocks at the Provincial Advisory Team compound, Afghan interior ministry spokesman Zemerai Bashary told AFP.
The local PAT is a German-led group of soldiers and civilians working to help Afghan government institutions improve their performance.
Two German soldiers were also injured in the disturbances, the country’s contingent in Afghanistan said, but did not give details on how badly they were hurt, how they were injured and whether they had intervened in the violence.
