KABUL, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Afghanistan banned the YouTube
site on Wednesday so Afghans would not be able to watch a
U.S.-made film insulting the Prophet Mohammad that has sparked
protests in Egypt and Libya and the killing of the U.S.
ambassador to Libya, the Ministry of Communications said.
"We have been told to shut down YouTube to the Afghan public
until the video is taken down," Aimal Marjan, general director
of Information Technology at the ministry, told Reuters.
In the past, material and actions deemed insulting to Islam
have sparked deadly riots in Afghanistan.