Afghan woman killed in NATO convoy crash - the guardian

A British soldier patrolling the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. The crash triggered violent protests NATO convoy in the capital. Photo: Ahmad Masood/Reuters

Kabul police have said a British military convoy for crashing a group of women on a busy street in Kabul on Wednesday, one person killed and injured were two was responsible.

The incident, the spectators on the vehicles throwing stones you will be asked comes at a time of increased tension between Afghans and foreigners after days of unrest raised through U.S. Pastor burn a Quran in an incident, the last week to the death of seven led UN employees.

A traffic accident with us troops provoked in the year 2006 in Kabul the most serious acts of violence which has seen the capital, with the offices of aid agencies aLicht set.

Hashmatullah Stanekzai, a police spokesman Kabul, said the troops involved were British, though, that was not confirmed by the NATO.

Three business people working on the main road in the western Kabul said had black armored all-wheel drive vehicles was moving with speed, when ploughed the lead vehicle in the women, of which 4 m (13) on the road was raised. You have been shopping and try to cross the street when the first vehicle on his breaks struck, and crashed the car behind into.

"The soldiers came out of the car and began treating the women, but not someone they come and help, not made", said Saboor, a grocer, a shop in the vicinity of the collision has website. "But when the soldiers tried to leave, sorting out, the crowd was completely very angry without the problem and throw rocks at the cars began." You attacked also the guard of the nearby Ministry of water and electricity.

In contrast to the Afghan police, nor the soldiers fire on the demonstrators, but open Saboor said that an officer the extent threatened with a pistol.

A statement by the NATO international security assistance force said the vehicles on, after the wounded to a hospital had been taken.

Police had earlier wrongly reported that three people had died, including a person who was shot had.

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