KABUL Afghanistan; 7 February 2006 -- Norwegian soldiers in Afghanistan were attacked by an angry crowd today as protests against controversial cartoons of the prophet Muhammad continued across Asia.
Norway's Defense Ministry said Norwegian troops with the International Security Assistance Force, ISAF, used tear gas to disperse some 300 stone-throwing protesters outside their base in the city of Maymana.
About 5,000 protesters gathered today in Pakistan's
northwestern city of Peshawar. Some burned effigies of the prime minister of Denmark, where the cartoons were first published before being reprinted in several European newspapers.
Denmark today advised its citizens to leave Indonesia amid fresh protests in the capital Jakarta and at least two other cities.
