Afghans Continue To Protest Candidate's Slaying
October 03, 2005
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3 October 2005 -- Hundreds of Afghans blocked a highway in the northern city of Mazar-e Sharif today in a second day of protests to demand the arrest of the killer of a candidate in last month's parliamentary polls.
National Assembly candidate Mohammad Ashraf Ramazan was shot dead in Mazar-e Sharif on 27 September. Taliban guerrillas claimed responsibility, but the protesters blame the local administration.
Supporters of Ramazan, who belonged to the minority Shi'a Wahdat party, staged a peaceful protest yesterday before deciding to block the highway that runs through Mazar-e Sharif and links it to other northern cities.
About 2,000 vehicles and passenger buses were unable to use the road, witnesses and officials said.
(Reuters)
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