Afghans angry at 'civilian deaths'

One person has been shot dead by police as hundreds of protesters took to the streets in eastern Afghanistan, accusing NATO-led forces of killing civilians during an overnight raid near the city of Jalalabad. Angry Afghans set fire to tyres and blocked roads in the Surkh Road district of Nangahar province on Friday, demanding an explanation for the deaths. Witnesses told Al Jazeera that between nine and 15 civilians had been killed in the NATO attack. Mohammed Arish, a government administrator in Surkh Rod, said a father and his four sons and four members of another family were among the dead. "They are farmers. They are innocent. They are not insurgents or militants," Arish told The Associated Press by phone.