Sitting in the midst of the deadly violence against foreigners spreading across Afghanistan, I have seen many demonstrators who have hardly carried even light arms — they used their fists and sticks, and at most knives. These were civilians, not the Taliban, who were certainly in the background. Against such unarmed civilian demonstrators, it was surprising to see such fear gripping members of the international community, who are protected with hundreds of security guards, their guns and sniffing dogs, sand bags, steel walls and armoured cars.
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