Kabul crash, riot kill at least four

KABUL, Afghanistan — U.S. and Afghan security forces fired on protesters in the Afghan capital after a riot erupted today because of a deadly traffic accident involving U.S. troops, leaving at least four people dead, eyewitnesses said.

Sher Shah Usafi, a Kabul police chief, said at least three people were killed and 16 wounded in the crash, while U.S. forces killed one person and wounded two as they fired on dozens of rioters shouting "Down with America!" and throwing stones at them while they fled the area.

A U.S. military spokeswoman, Lt. Tamara D. Lawrence, confirmed that U.S. troops were involved in the accident but said she had no reports of the soldiers opening fire.

An AP reporter at the site said he saw Afghan police firing into a crowd, but the U.S. troops already had left the area.