Afghan students join teachers' wages protest

KABUL (AFP) - Police used gunfire to disperse about 400 students demonstrating Saturday in the Afghan capital in support of their teachers who are on strike demanding a pay rise, witnesses said.

"My salary is 3,000 afghani (60 dollars) while my house rent is 4,000 afghani. This is not justice," said Agha, one of 300 teachers from Habibia High School on strike.

"We will not teach unless our salaries are not raised," he added.

Teachers earn among the lowest civil service salaries in Afghanistan, where food prices have shot up in the past weeks as part of a global hike in prices.
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