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Protesters Storm Afghanistan’s Presidential Palace After Beheadings
Several injured in clashes with police as thousands storm palace after brutal killing of seven people
By Ehsanullah Amiri in Kabul and
Jessica Donati in Dubai
Nov. 11, 2015 12:30 p.m. ET
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Thousands of protesters stormed Afghanistan’s presidential palace on Wednesday and clashed with police in protest of the gruesome beheading of seven ethnic minority Hazaras this week, a sign of growing frustration with the country’s deteriorating security situation.
At least seven people were injured when the crowd, chanting for President Ashraf Ghani’s resignation, broke into the heavily fortified palace in central Kabul on Wednesday and were fired on by police attempting to disperse them.
Five suffered gunshot wounds, while two others were injured in the chaos that followed, Afghan health ministry officials said.
The rare demonstration stemmed from mounting anger frustration over the government’s failure to curb escalating violence and prevent the Taliban and other extremist groups from making advances into government-held territory.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/protesters-storm-afghanistans-presidential-palace-after-beheadings-1447263058
