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Afghanistan: 'Ten dead' at protest over Nato raid Afghanistan: 'Ten dead' at protest over Nato raid
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At least 10 people have been killed in northern Afghanistan during a protest against an overnight raid by Nato and Afghan forces, hospital sources have told the BBC.At least 10 people have been killed in northern Afghanistan during a protest against an overnight raid by Nato and Afghan forces, hospital sources have told the BBC.
At least 45 demonstrators were injured in the clashes in the city of Taloqan. About 40 demonstrators were injured in the clashes in the city of Taloqan.
Security officials said some of the demonstrators were armed. The situation is said to be extremely tense. Security officials said some of the demonstrators were armed.
They were protesting againt the raid which killed four people. Nato said those killed were insurgents. They were protesting against the raid in which four people - who Nato said were insurgents - were killed.
An official in the city said that the Afghan National Army and a rapid reaction force had been deployed in the city and the situation was now mostly under control.
The official said that some of the demonstrators were armed and had destroyed public and private property. He said reinforcements had been called into Taloqan from neighbouring Kunduz province.
The violence appears to have begun when protesters angered over the night-time raid placed the bodies of those killed in the main square of Taloqan.
Unpopular raids
They chanted slogans against the US and President Hamid Karzai and threw stones against a German military base and a police office.
The Nato-led mission says that two women and two men were killed in the night raid. It said that the women were armed, one with an assault rifle, the other with a pistol.
But the demonstrators insist that all four were civilians.
The BBC's Quentin Sommerville in Kabul says that female insurgents are rare, but not unheard of.
Our correspondent says that night raids are deeply unpopular, but have been effective at finding and killing insurgent commanders.
They form a key part of Nato's counter-insurgency strategy - but many Afghans, including President Karzai - have said they must end.
A few days ago the accidental killing by foreign troops of a 15-year-old boy led to a demonstration in Nagahar province. There one protester was killed and five wounded.