About 1,000 demonstrators rampaged through the Afghan capital yesterday, setting alight the offices of foreign aid agencies and looting businesses in a wave of violence that killed at least 16 people and injured another 142.
The unrest was the worst to sweep through Kabul since 2001 and reflects growing resentment towards the foreign military presence in the country and the slow pace of reconstruction. The US has 23,000 troops and Nato a force of about 9,000 in Afghanistan.
