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Kabul campus protests turn violent
KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Student protests in Kabul that erupted into violent clashes with police and left at least one demonstrator dead have spilled into a second day. Students were protesting against poor living conditions at Kabul University. A violent clash with police on Monday night killed one student and wounded at least five others, according to sources within the Interior Ministry and international security forces. CNN's Vivian Paulsen witnessed police talking with students following a raucous episode in which law officers were seen kicking and beating demonstrators. Water cannons were also used to disperse the crowd of about 700 which had tried to march to the Presidential Palace to lodge their complaints. Police in riot gear made repeated charges against student protesters who had scattered along the march route. Journalists who were not behind police lines were also the subject of police beatings, said CNN's Diana Muriel. While the death toll officially stood at one Tuesday, students said three more had been killed. They said number of arrests may number up to 150. Paulsen saw students carrying a limp, badly-beaten body. She was not sure of his fate. One student protested the rough handling by police, saying there was no political agenda -- they just wanted better living conditions on campus. Peacekeepers look onAfghan leader Harmid Karzai condemned the violence that took the student's life. Details of how the student died were not immediately available. The demonstrations began at 6 p.m. (1430HKT) Monday when about 2,000 university students gathered to air the grievances about short supplies of food, water and electricity in the dormitories.
As police moved to disperse the group, rocks were thrown and an altercation ensued between the police and students. Members of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) watched as police and students battled, but took no action. ISAF is multinational unit of 4,650 troops charged with helping to keep the peace in the Afghan capital. ISAF must be invited by local officials to intervene in traditional police operations.
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