Showing posts with label Afghanistan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Afghanistan. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

NATO Soldiers burned Korans in Afghanistan which leads to a bloody demonstration

                          Afghans stormed through the NATO Military base 


 Hundreds of Koran (Islamic Religious Material) were confiscated and mistakenly burnt by the NATO Soldiers which lead different protest and demonstration. 


     According to the reports, Protesters had started hurling petrol bombs and firing slingshots besieged the largest US-run military base in Afghanistan on Tuesday upon hearing the news about the burned copies of koran at the said Military Base. 


    The enraged crowd shouted "Death to Americans" and "Death to infidels" as guards at Bagram airbase, north of Kabul, responded by firing rubber bullets from a watchtower, said an Agence France-Presse photographer, who was hit in the neck. 


     The US commander in Afghanistan, General John Allen, released a statement and ordered an investigation into a report that troops "improperly disposed of a large number of Islamic religious materials which included Korans".


    "I offer my sincere apologies for any offence this may have caused, to the president of Afghanistan, the government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, and most importantly, to the noble people of Afghanistan," .


                        Watch here how the Soldiers burned the Korans 

Monday, February 20, 2012

International Rebel Group MILF killed 3 in North Cotabato





    An Alleged group of Moro Islamic Liberation Front or MILF had tried to set free a leader in a Jail Located at Kidapawan City, North Cotabato province Late on Sunday Night.


     At least 50 rebel launched an attack around 10:PM in the evening with grenades and Armalites at the main gate of the jail detention which resulted on many casualties within the civilians living near the Detention.Three were found dead after the rebel leave the place together with 15 wounded civilians 


     A Red Cross worker, who was reportedly trying to bring wounded civilians to hospital, was among those killed in the crossfire. The two others who died were from a nearby karaoke bar.


      According to the BBC's Kate McGeown in Manila, at least three different rebel groups and many criminal gangs are active in the area, making it difficult to ascertain who was responsible for this attack.


see here the bbc story http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17093546