Afghan police opened fire on a mob trying to storm a
NATO peacekeeping base housing Norwegian troops on Tuesday as protests over cartoons depicting Islam’s Prophet Mohammad flared again. One person was killed and several wounded in Maymana, Faryab province, when police opened fire to break up the crowd of about 1,000 protesters, police chief Khaliullah Ziaye said. A resident of Maymana said the crowd threw petrol bombs and stones at the camp manned by Norwegian troops and a military vehicle was torched. Full Story
