20.11.2011, 13:43
Offenbar heftige Proteste gegen einen möglichen Deal über eine verlängerte Präsenz von US Truppen im Land
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(Reuters)
20 November 2011
SURKHROD - Around 1,000 people, mostly 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.
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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.
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“We are totally against any American presence in Afghanistan, they kill our people in their arbitrary operations,” said university student Mohammad Tahir Qane.
Other protesters carried banners and shouted “death to America, death to American slaves”.
One, 22-year-old Gul Khan, said: “We don’t want to be the slaves of Americans forever, our patience is running out. If this pact is signed, we will take to the streets every day.”
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