AFGHANISTAN: Protests Break Out At Former President's Funeral -- L.A. Times
REPORTING FROM KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -- Angry protests against President Hamid Karzai erupted Friday at the burial of the Afghan government's chief peace negotiator, who was killed this week by a suicide bomber posing as a Taliban envoy.
The daylong funeral observances for Burhanuddin Rabbani, a former president, brought Afghanistan's capital to a near standstill, with some of the heaviest security in recent memory. Afghan police and soldiers in armored vehicles patrolled the streets, checkpoints dotted major boulevards and traffic circles, and a large part of the city center was blocked to all but foot traffic. Helicopters buzzed overhead.
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