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Afghans stage anti-US protest, call for withdrawal of all American forces

Thursday, 07 May 2015 7:13 AM [ Last Update: Thursday, 07 May 2015 8:50 AM ]

Afghan demonstrators throw stones towards US military camp Eggar during a protest at the center of Kabul on January 23, 2015. (AFP photo)

Afghans have staged a rally in the eastern Parwan province to protest against the presence of US forces in their country, Press TV reports.

The protesters on Thursday chanted anti-US slogans and called for the quick withdrawal of all US forces from Afghanistan.

The protests came after US forces wounded an Afghan civilian on Wednesday night by opening fire on his car.

The Afghan civilian had refused to stop his car despite a signal by the US forces, who were paroling the streets.

Afghan demonstrators burn an effigy of US President Barack Obama and a US flag during a protest in Kabul on September 21, 2012. (AFP photo)

Militants killed

Meanwhile, at least 15 Taliban militants have been killed in the northeastern Takhar Province, Afghan officials said.

A group of Taliban militants on Thursday attacked the home of “Hajji Mullah Omar, the governor of Khawja Ghar district in Hazarbagh area at around 05:00 a.m. local time and the bodyguards of the district governor returned fire leaving 15 attackers dead,” provincial government spokesman, Sunatullah Timor said.

During the shootings, one of the governor's bodyguards was injured, he said.

Meanwhile, three policemen sustained injuries as a blast rocked the Khost City, the capital of the eastern Khost Province on Thursday, deputy provincial police chief Mohammad Yaqub Mandozai said on Thursday.

"A bomb planted by militants was detonated in Khost city at around 11:45 a.m. local time today, injuring three police personnel, " he said.

Afghan firefighters and others gather at the site of a suicide attack in Khost on April 2, 2015. (AFP photo)

The United States and its allies invaded Afghanistan in 2001 as part of Washington’s so-called war on terror.

Although the US-led invasion removed the Taliban from power, insecurity remains rampant in the country.

The US-led combat mission in Afghanistan ended on December 31, 2014. However, at least 13,500 foreign forces, mainly from the United States, will remain in Afghanistan in what is said to be a support mission.

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