Afghanistan: Aid workers flee riots

Aid workers in Afghanistan were abandoning the western city of Heart today after rioters burned their offices and fought with security forces over President Hamid Karzai’s sacking of its warlord governor.

Afghanistan: Aid workers flee riots

Aid workers in Afghanistan were abandoning the western city of Heart today after rioters burned their offices and fought with security forces over President Hamid Karzai’s sacking of its warlord governor.

The United Nations began flying some of its 51 foreign staff from the city to the capital Kabul after unrest at the weekend which left three people dead and more than 50 injured.

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