Students rally to call for foreign forces pull out from Afghanistan

Students rally to call for foreign forces pull out from Afghanistan

Hundreds of university students came to the street in Nangarhar province 120 km east of Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday and lashed at the Loya Jirga or grand assembly recommendations in favor of U.S.-Afghan strategic partnership and called for the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO-led forces from Afghanistan.

Blocking the Jalalabad-Kabul highway in Surkhrod district for a while, the demonstrators while condemning the Jirga recommendations demanded the withdrawal of NATO-led troops from Afghanistan, Surkhrod district governor Syed Akbar Pacha said.

A four-day traditional Loya Jirga or grand assembly, attended by over 2,300 people including tribal elders, notables, lawmakers and government functionaries, concluded Saturday recommended the government to ink strategic partnership with the United States.

The demonstrators dispersed peacefully after three hours, said Syed Akbar.

English.news.cn   2011-11-20 19:23:13