{"id":1996,"date":"2019-09-04T05:48:29","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T05:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.caps.af\/?p=1996"},"modified":"2019-09-04T05:53:24","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T05:53:24","slug":"kabul-residents-protest-against-foreign-compound-after-taliban-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caps.af\/?p=1996","title":{"rendered":"Kabul residents protest against foreign compound after Taliban attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\">(N world news): Hundreds of residents from near Kabul\u2019s Green Village took to the streets on Tuesday to demand justice for those killed and injured in Monday\u2019s Taliban attack. Green Village is a heavily fortified compound that includes international organisations and aid agencies, and residential apartments for foreign employees. Those living near by said they had earlier aired their displeasure to the police about living near a target for militant groups. One resident told\u00a0<em>The National\u00a0<\/em>that they were not as angry at the Taliban as they were with the government for not moving the compound away from their homes, despite promises. The compound had already been attacked once this year, with a lorry explosion killing dozens, including two foreign nationals, in January. Monday\u2019s\u00a0 Angry residents burned tyres during Tuesday\u2019s protest, blocking the main road that connects the capital city to the country\u2019s eastern provinces. Afshin Azimi, 23, who saw the protest on his way to work, said the demonstrators were \u201cdemanding justice for family members who were killed or injured\u201d. Mr Azimi said they were throwing stones and anything they could get their hands on at the walls of the guarded compound and the armoured vehicles parked outside. As tension increased, the police fired at the protesters, injuring some and intensifying the situation. \u201cWe have asked the government and police so many times to remove or move this compound from our neighbourhood to somewhere else,\u201d said Ali Shah Khan, 50, who lives close to the village and was waiting outside the Emergency War Hospital. &#8220;But the government hasn&#8217;t done anything. We came out to ask for justice.&#8221; Mr Khan\u2019s cousin, a village elder who was also at the protest, was injured during the demonstration and was being treated at the hospital. Mr Khan\u2019s daughter, 17, was injured during the attack \u201cThere are a lot of injuries and a lot of our houses are completely damaged,&#8221; he said. &#8220;You can\u2019t even imagine the damage that has caused us.&#8221; \u201cWe have been promised that the compound would be moved, but I am sure they took money behind our back and that\u2019s why they haven\u2019t done anything. &#8220;And now, once again, we, the poor and innocent, die.\u201d Mr Azimi said there were at least 300 at the protest and many tried to climb the walls of the fortified compound to try to take over the complex. \u201cThey brought a ladder and climbed Green Village walls,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The fire from the attack was still burning inside and every time a vehicle inside the complex would blow up they would cheer.&#8221; Basir Mujahid, a spokesman for Kabul police, said five terrorists were killed by special forces after Monday\u2019s attack and large amounts of weapons were confiscated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(N world news): Hundreds of residents from near Kabul\u2019s Green Village took to the streets on Tuesday to demand justice for those killed and injured in Monday\u2019s Taliban attack. Green Village is a heavily fortified compound that includes international organisations and aid agencies, and residential apartments for foreign employees. 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