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Afghanistan: Thousands Flood Capital over Route of Electric Power Line

HeadlineMay 17, 2016

In Afghanistan, a massive demonstration over better access to electrical power gripped the capital Kabul Monday. Security forces tried to block routes to the presidential palace with shipping containers. Thousands of members of Afghanistan’s Hazara minority took to Kabul’s streets to demand that a planned power line pass through provinces with large Hazara populations.

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