Afghans protest boy's killing by U.S. forces

by Hashmat Baktash and Mark Magnier
Los Angeles Times
May 14, 2011, 4:25 a.m.
Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan, and New Delhi— Hundreds of Afghans demonstrated Saturday against the accidental killing of a 15-year old boy by U.S. forces in a volatile eastern province, leading to the death of at least one protester.

The boy's death occurred late Friday evening in Nangarhar province after he was shot while attempting to pull a gun on Afghan and U.S. troops participating in a mounted patrol.


Saturday morning, local villagers carried the body to a local administrative center where angry protests broke out. Demonstrators started throwing rocks, then burned police vehicles before some fired on police, according to local reports. The police then fired back, leading to at least one casualty.

The Nangarhar governor's office and the provincial police chief said they have dispatched a team to the district to investigate.

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