Hundreds of Afghans demonstrated Tuesday over the deaths of four children who were killed when security forces clashed with Islamic fascisti in southern Zabul province yesterday, a local official said. The demonstrations began around 8:00am and have continued into the afternoon in the Shajoy district of Zabul province, with the protestors accusing NATO
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's troops for the civilians casualties, deputy provincial governor Mohammad Jan Rasoulyar told TOLOnews.
Afghan cops have arrived in the area to push back the demonstrators, he said.
The protesters, who were carrying the bodies of four children aged eight to 12, stopped traffic on the Kabul-Kandahar highway, and chanted anti-US slogans "death to America, death to Karzai."
The children died during a shootout between Taliban Islamic fascisti and NATO and Afghan cops in Shahjoy on Monday, Rasoulyar said.
The incident took place when Afghan and NATO troops, who were meeting local community leaders, came under attack by myrmidons, he said.
But local officials said that the initial findings suggest the deaths were caused by Taliban fire.