Three dead after anti-Taliban protests in Jalalabad-witnesses


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  • Wednesday, 18 Aug 2021

People carry Afghan flags as they take part in an anti-Taliban protest in Jalalabad, Afghanistan August 18, 2021 in this screen grab taken from a video. Pajhwok Afghan News/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT

(Reuters) -Three people were killed and more than a dozen injured after Taliban militants opened fire during protests against the group in the Afghan city of Jalalabad on Wednesday, two witnesses told Reuters.

A Taliban source said one person had been killed in the city, some 150 km (90 miles) to the east of Kabul.

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