From: EurasiaDigest (digest@eurasianet.org)
Date: Mon Feb 13 2006 - 10:09:40 EST
...WHILE HERAT GOVERNOR BLAMES POLITICAL PARTIES
Governor Sayyed Hosayn Anwari has blamed local political parties for instigating the sectarian violence in Herat city, Pajhwak News Agency reported on 12 February. Anwari did not name any specific parties, but added that an influential Sunni leader, Gholam Faruq Hosayni, gave a speech in which he encouraged Sunnis to attack Shi'a. Herat Province security commander General Ayyub Salangi told a news conference in Herat on 12 February that police have arrested 14 people on charges of involvement in the riots, Sahar Radio reported. Salangi refused to identify the detainees, saying only that two of them had hand grenades. AT
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