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Afghanistan
Protest flares in east Afghanistan against US deal
2011-11-21
SURKHROD, Afghanistan: Around 1,000 people, mostly talibs students, took to the streets in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday to protest against plans for a long-term partnership deal with the United States, which they fear could lead to an extended presence of US troops.

Afghan political and community leaders endorsed the idea of a strategic partnership, with some caveats, after a 2,000-strong national gathering, or loya jirga, which ended on Saturday.

The demonstrators gathered just outside the capital of eastern Nangarhar province and burned an effigy of US President Barack Obama as they protested against the prospect of US troops remaining in Afghanistan.

“We are totally against any American presence in Afghanistan, they kill our people in their arbitrary operations,” said university talib student Mohammad Tahir Qane.

Other talibs protesters carried banners and shouted “death to America, death to American slaves.”
Posted by:Steve White

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