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Killings Spur Afghan Government Walkout



Killings Spur Afghan Government Walkout
Associated Press | November 27, 2007

KABUL, Afghanistan - Lawmakers led by the speaker of Afghanistan's lower house of parliament staged a mass walkout to protest an apparent lack of government action over the shooting deaths of six lawmakers and 61 schoolchildren.

Mohammad Yunus Qanuni, who is also a leading opposition figure, said the government had ignored parliament's demand for the suspension of officials in the northern province of Baghlan, where a suicide bomber attacked a visiting delegation of lawmakers on Nov. 6.

Some 77 people and over 100 were wounded in the blast and the subsequent shooting by panicking guards, officials said.

Shortly after the incident, the parliament demanded the suspension of Baghlan's governor and six other provincial officials pending the results of a government investigation.

"I do not want to stay here and sit in this position until your demands are fulfilled," Qanuni said shortly before leaving the chamber Nov. 26.

Dozens of lawmakers followed Qanuni out of the chamber.


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