Protesters angry about ISIS beheadings storm Afghan presidential palace

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Source: CNN

Angry protesters stormed Afghanistan's presidential palace in Kabul on Wednesday, carrying the coffins of seven civilians beheaded by ISIS militants in recent days.

Security forces fired bullets into the air, evidently trying to disperse protesters trying to breach the palace gates, video broadcast in Afghanistan showed.

At least seven people, including two girls, have been injured, an Afghan Health Ministry spokesman said. The girls were stepped on and are not seriously injured, but men were injured by stray bullets as a result of warning shots, said Ismail Kawoosi, the ministry spokesman.

Most of the thousands of demonstrators were peaceful as they criticized what they see as the government's failure to protect the public. The marchers want to speak to President Ashraf Ghani about the situation, blogger and protest organizer Mortaza Moshrafi told CNN.

Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/11/asia/afghanistan-unrest/

[Nye Bevan]

1. Pretty righteous cause there, I have to say.

Kind of puts the "insensitive Halloween costumes" outrage into perspective.

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2. Yes, most Muslims are against beheadings.

I hope Saudi Arabia gets stopped before they behead and crucify the 150 people(including teenagers) who did a peace protest this summer. They are going to be beheaded and hung up-side-down on a crucifix for 3 days, any day now. I am not kidding. Maybe this Afghan protest can spark protests through the Mid-east that will make it highly unpopular for Saudi Arabia to contiue. I can hope.