The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative
Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other
shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org.
June 5, 2017

Afghanistan: 20 Killed in Attack on Funeral for Anti-Government Protester
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

In Afghanistan, deadly violence continued in the capital Kabul over the
weekend. At least 20 people were killed in a series of explosions
Saturday at a funeral for one of the protesters who was killed during
demonstrations on Friday. At least five people were killed at Friday's
protests. The demonstrators were demanding the resignation of President
Ashraf Ghani over Wednesday's massive suicide bombing in a diplomatic
area of Kabul, which killed more than 90 people and wounded over 400
people.


.