NATO troops shoot armed protester in S. Afghanistan
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NATO-led forces shot an armed protester on Thursday when he tried to enter a foreign military base in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, the alliance said. The man was among some 100 Afghan civilians demonstrating outside Forward Operating Base (FOB) Mirwais in Chora district of southern Uruzgan province, over an alleged Koran burning incident at the base, a spokesman for the NATO-led force said.
The incident is the latest in a string of protests in Afghanistan that have turned violent in the last week and comes only two days before a parliamentary election. The Taliban have threatened to disrupt the poll. (Reuters)
