Anti-Charlie Hebdo protests erupt across Pakistan, Afghanistan, Indian Kashmir

Anti-Charlie Hebdo protests erupt across Pakistan, Afghanistan, Indian Kashmir | ABC Radio Australia
Tens of thousands of people across Afghanistan, Pakistan and Muslim-majority Indian Kashmir take to the streets for southern Asia's biggest protests yet against satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo's cartoon portrayal of the Prophet Mohammed.

Thousands protest in Islamabad against newspaper Charlie Hebdo. (Credit: Reuters)

Tens of thousands of people across Afghanistan, Pakistan and Muslim-majority Indian Kashmir have taken to the streets for southern Asia's biggest protests yet against satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo's cartoon portrayal of the Prophet Mohammed.
Up to 20,000 demonstrators in the western Afghan city of Herat and 15,000 in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, burned French flags and chanted slogans calling for France's downfall, while a smaller Pakistani protest saw an effigy of French president Francois Hollande set on fire.