Hundreds protest in Kabul over US special forces
- Published: 16 Mar 2013 at 20.49
- Online news: Asia
Hundreds of Afghan demonstrators on Saturday marched to the parliament complex in the capital Kabul demanding US special forces withdraw from Wardak province after allegations of abuse.
US soldiers stand guard at the Maidan Shar military base in Afghanistan's Wardak province on January 11, 2011. Hundreds of Afghan demonstrators have marched to the parliament complex in the capital Kabul demanding US special forces withdraw from Wardak province after allegations of abuse.
President Hamid Karzai ordered elite US units to pull out of the strategic province after he alleged that US soldiers and Afghan militia working with them had tortured and murdered civilians.
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