Police Fire On Protesters In Northern Afghan City
May 28, 2007
The protesters were reportedly supporters of General Abdul Rashid Dostum (file photo) (AFP)
Some 1,000 people were demanding the dismissal of Khan Hamdard, the governor of Jowzjan Province. Some protesters threw stones at government offices in the provincial capital, Sheberghan.
The protesters were reportedly supporters of ethnic Uzbek General Abdul Rashid Dostum, who was for years a powerful military commander in northern Afghanistan.
(Reuters, AFP)