{"id":115815,"date":"2009-12-30T13:16:06","date_gmt":"2009-12-30T18:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nw0.eu\/2009\/12\/30\/afghans-burn-obama-effigy-over-civilian-deaths.html"},"modified":"2009-12-30T13:16:06","modified_gmt":"2009-12-30T18:16:06","slug":"afghans-burn-obama-effigy-over-civilian-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/115815","title":{"rendered":"Afghans burn Obama effigy over civilian deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"

AFP<\/a>
\nWednesday, Dec 30th, 2009<\/p>\n

Protesters took to the streets in Afghanistan on Wednesday, burning
\nan effigy of the US president and shouting \u201cdeath to Obama\u201d
\nto slam civilian deaths during Western military operations.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of university students blocked main roads in Jalalabad,
\ncapital of eastern Nangahar province, to protest the alleged deaths of
\n10 civilians, mostly school children, in a Western military operation
\non Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government must prevent such unilateral operations
\notherwise we will take guns instead of pens and fight against them
\n(foreign forces),\u201d students from the University of
\nNangahar\u2019s education faculty said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Marching through the main street of Jalalabad, the students chanted
\n\u201cdeath to Obama\u201d and \u201cdeath to foreign forces\u201d,
\nwitnesses said.<\/p>\n

Full article here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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