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| Afghanistan |
| Demonstrators torch US embassy buildings in Kabul |
| 2001-09-26 |
| AFP Thousands of demonstrators Wednesday set fire to buildings within the compound of the vacant US embassy in Kabul amid chaotic scenes here, witnesses said. The demonstrators, protesting possible US military action against Afghanistan, broke into the compound and set fire to some abandoned cars to create a huge blaze which spread to outbuildings but not the main embassy building. Taliban firefighters were attempting to bring the blaze under control and Taliban soldiers were trying to bring the protestors under control. The embassy has been vacant since before the Taliban seized Kabul in September 1996. The demonstration was the biggest show of anti-US anger in Kabul since the current crisis started with the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |