Rally demands Afghan supplies end

"Down with America" and "Jihad is the only solution of America" BBC

Thousands of protesters in Pakistan's city of Peshawar have demanded an end to US air strikes and to supplies to Nato and the US in Afghanistan.

The protest was organised by the hardline Jamaat-e-Islami party.[...]

About 5,000 protesters demanded that the government close the route. At least 75% of overland supplies to foreign forces in Afghanistan travels through North West Frontier Province (NWFP).

They shouted "Down with America" and "Jihad is the only solution of America".

Jamaat-e-Islami leader Qazi Hussain Ahmed said: "We consider the presence of American forces in Afghanistan a big conspiracy against Pakistan.