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Karzai slams torching of Afghan flag
Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned as unacceptable on Wednesday the reported torching of the country's flag by militants in a remote southern town near the Pakistan border. Afghan authorities said the militants had come from across the border and entered remote southern town of Garmser in Helmand province on Monday after Taliban had forced out police. They hauled down and torched an Afghan flag atop the district headquarters and hoisted another, apparently that of pro-Taliban Pakistan religious party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, the Interior Ministry said. A statement from the president's office said the flag had been burnt by "a group of strangers" from across the border.Posted by: Fred 2006-07-20 |
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