After the series of protests all over the Muslim world, protests happened in Afghanistan as well, people stood up bravely and declared the action of the American film makers very hostile towards the Muslim world. Many U.S. embassies have been targeted and stormed, U.S. Flags were burnt and replace by Black flags with the Muslim words. According to a witness of the entire episode said that in the place of the U.S. Flag, a black flag was lifted with the words “There is no God but God, and Mohammad is his messenger”. While U.S. flag was burnt and pieces were shown on camera, many believed that the filming agitated the riot up to this extend.
The movie is called “innocence of the Muslims” which has been blocked in all Muslim countries. “In Washington, the White House acknowledged that it had sought to discourage distribution of the video that sparked the protests but insisted that it had made no formal request to the video-sharing Web site YouTube, which is owned by Google. Tommy Vietor, the National Security Council spokesman, said the White House had asked YouTube “to review whether it violates their terms of use.’’ Google said this week that it had blocked access to the video in Egypt and Libya.”
“The people are going to raise their voice to show we are not silent. With the last breath in our body we will be against those who are insulting to our religion and prophet,” said Haji Samar Gul, an 80-year-old protester at the Kabul demonstration. “We shouted death to America, death to supporters of America, death to slaves of America.”
“The police did not open fire at all, we used other techniques to control the protest,” said the city police chief, Ayub Salangi, who was among those hit by the protesters.
“There were protests in four places around the city; more than 2,500 people participated. The police managed to control them, although they burned one vehicle.”
Some protestors from the village areas also joined the protest and expressed
“I joined with them because I thought it was my duty as a Muslim to condemn those who made this film,” said Waleed Khan, a 35-year-old from eastern Paktia, where insurgent violence is much higher than in the relatively secure capital.
“My relatives who are in Paktia were filled with anti-government and anti-American feeling when they heard about this film,” he added.
Police bullets also killed the protestors brutally, this presented a miserable image of the protests in Afghanistan that shaped up horribly.
“The Afghan police, who in the past have often responded to unruly crowds with gunfire, seem to have taken a much more restrained and professional approach today,” said Heather Barr, Afghanistan analyst at Human Rights Watch.
“Police reportedly did not open fire on protesters and used crowd control techniques instead. If this is true, it represents an important improvement in Afghan policing and the police leadership deserve appreciation for defusing what could have been an incident with a significant body count.”
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