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hundreds of protesters chanting anti-american slogans gathered in afghanistan monday to protest the planned release of a man who faced the death penalty for converting to christianity from islam.
"death to bush!" some of the muslim protesters shouted in the northern city of mazar-e-sharif as they demanded that abdul rahman be put to death.
over the weekend, an afghan court reportedly decided to drop the case against rahman, 41, who was charged with apostasy during a recent battle over custody of his children.
negotiations are now underway about when and where he will be released.
some muslim clerics are threatening to incite followers to kill rahman if he is freed, saying he deserves to die for the crime of rejecting his islamic faith.
rahman converted to christianity 16 years ago while working for an international christian group helping afghan refugees in pakistan.
he was arrested in march after his estranged family reported him to authorities.
the case has drawn international attention, especially in western nations that have troops stationed in afghanistan to protect its move toward post-taliban democracy.
politicians from countries such as germany and italy pushed for their troops to be withdrawn if afghanistan's court system did not respect rahman's right to freedom of religion.
the country's constitution, drafted after the ultra-conservative taliban government was forced from power four years ago, is based on shariah law, the code by which devout muslims are required to live.
the afghan judiciary is dominated by religious conservatives, many with strong religious ties or backgrounds.
the judiciary was initially defiant in the face of the international outcry, leading to an impasse with the secular government of karzai, which wanted rahman released.
however, conflicting reports on the weekend said rahman either had been found mentally unfit to stand trial or had become a german citizen and thus was outside the jurisdiction of the afghan court system.
even if he is freed, it's possible he could be arrested and charged again.
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kandahar, afghanistan — hundreds of suspected taliban fighters attacked a remote central afghan town on wednesday and occupied a district police headquarters after a battle drove out security forces, police said.
the militants took control of the police compound in the uruzgan province town of chora around dawn wednesday, after hours of fighting with 100 police inside the headquarters, said rozi khan, the regional police chief.
the militants left the compound by late morning after torching police vehicles, but fighters remained in the area and police weren't immediately returning to chora, khan said, citing witnesses in the town.
"if our police go there, they'll be ambushed," khan said by phone from the region.
khan said no police were wounded in the battle. he had no details on militant casualties.
in a separate incident, suspected taliban fighters fired a grenade at a police vehicle wednesday in southeastern zabul province, killing the provincial deputy police chief and injuring three police officers, officials said.
the police deputy chief, ghulam rasool, was driving through the area to warn of an impending militant attack on police posts when his vehicle was hit by a rock-propelled grenade near qalat city, regional government spokesman ali khail said.
in recent weeks, afghanistan has seen some of the deadliest fighting since the ouster of the taliban regime in late 2001. militants have stepped up attacks, particularly in the south, drawing a fierce response from coalition and afghan forces.
about 400 people, mostly militants, have been reported killed in attacks or fighting in the past two weeks, according to coalition and afghan figures.
source: foxnews
