KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuters) – More than 1,000 demonstrators, many carrying pictures of victims, rallied near the site of Wednesday’s blast, which killed more than 80 people and wounded 460, holding Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah responsible.
Police in riot gear used water cannon and tear gas to block the protesters, many throwing stones, from gaining access to the road leading to the presidential palace, occasionally firing automatic weapons into the air.
Wednesday’s attack, at the start of the Muslim month of Ramadan, was one of the worst in Kabul since the United States-led campaign to topple the Taliban in 2001 and underlined the growing violence across much of the country.
