Afghans Riot After Deadly Accident.
Rioters in the Afghan capital have set fire to two US embassy vehicles shouting “death to America” after one of the SUVs collided with a civilian car killing a number of passengers, officials and witnesses have said.
Security forces fear the Kabul incident may trigger more violence [AFP
Police fired into the air to disperse the crowd of angry Afghans who threw stones and chanted “death to Karzai” in reference to Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president.Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Afghanistan James Bays said the exact details of the incident are still unclear, but security officials are concerned.
“Some in the crowds said people got out of a vehicle and embassy guards started firing,” our correspondent said on Friday.
Nato’s International security assistance force (Isaf) said it had dispatched a quick reaction force to the area outside the American embassy and near Afghan and US army bases in the centre of Kabul.
Saleh Ahmed, a local resident in Kabul, said the accident happend when the civilian vehicle attempted to drive onto the main road from a side street and was hit by one of the two SUVs.
“The civilian vehicle was trying to get into the main road when the two foreign vehicles hit it and killed all four occupants,” Ahmed said.
“People gathered around the crash site to see what happened, got angry and started attacking the foreigners.”
Security concerns
Security forces were concerned that the deadly traffic accident could lead to widespread rioting.
A similar accident in May 2006 led to massive riots in Kabul that left at least 14 people dead.
The area “seems to have calmed down for now, but authorities are very concerned”,.
Outside of the capital, six US soldiers were killed in a series of attacks in Afghanistan, bringing this month’s death toll to at least 66, making July the deadliest month for American forces in nearly nine years of war.
In southern Afghanistan, one US soldier died following an insurgent attack and two others were killed in a roadside bombing on Friday, the US military said.
Earlier on Friday, Nato said that three service members died in southern Afghanistan on Thursday.
The statement did not provide the nationalities of the dead, but US officials speaking on the condition of anonymity said all three were Americans.
June had previously been the deadliest month for US troops as well as the overall Nato led force.
A total of 104 international troops died in June, including 60 Americans, according to a tally compiled by Associated Press.
VERY IMPORTANT:
Has anyone noiced the following sentence on the front page of YAHOO ASIA.You have the News section on the top , followed by entertainment section and then Marketplace which has the following sentence written for the last 1–2 yrs and inspite of that they have written as (be the first to know??) with this sentence with a Muslim name in it to give a sub-concious message to the rest of the world continuously as (Muslims are terrorists) for the last 1-2 yrs or more even, on a page which is seen by everyone who visits yahoomail.See it for yourself and note how they are transmitting venom into the veins of the people against Muslims and Islam.It looks simple but this is how they brainwash people.Please see this and send this messege to as many people as you can The sentence is as follows on the front page.
( Wanted terrorist Mas Selamat escapes? Be the first to know.)
well same thing muslim countries are doing..brainwashing their kids from early age against non muslims…by changing historical facts and syllabus in schools
so if they can do this..then why worry if other use it?
Tit for Tat policy ..simple
@ Numan
Yes you are right, these scums are dajjalis. Bro we Muslims need to create our own search ingins and internet and softwear. We can’t blame them, we know who these scums are, so we need our own selves to beat them at these games and we can only do this through our own systems and creations.
We say Allah is with us so why we are keep on with these dajjali scum’s stuff for us. Just boycott their products and services and goods. Make your own products, goods and services. Its time we should head on with developing ourselves.
This is the dajjali link through which they use to propogate against Isalam and Muslims:
http://asia.yahoo.com/
It seems that accident is inevitable. It can happen anywhere and anytime and everybody can be a victim. It is not easy to be involved in a road traffic accidents because you will not only get yourself injured, your car will also be destroy and the worst part is, you have to pay for the damages you have cause.