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3 killed, 24 injured as Badakhshan protest turns violent

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FAIZABAD (Pajhwok): Three people were illed and 24 others wounded as police opened fire at hundreds of protesting people in northeastern Badakhshan province on Tuesday.

The people were protesting against shortage of drinking and irrigation water and increasing insecurity in the province.

They chanted “death to governor” and marched towards the governor’s house and threw stones at police. They were protesting against rising insecurity, failure to inaugurate the Shurabak dam and lack of safe drinking water.

Fathullah, a 28-years-old protester who injured, told Pajhwok Afghan News the protesters started their protest from Muzkashi field of Shahr-i . . .

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