Fresh Afghan protest against anti-Islam film
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Afghan protesters set fire to an effigy of US President Barack Obama, as they shout anti-U.S. slogans during a demonstration in Jalalabad province on Sept 19, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Afghan university students step over a US flag in Surkhrod district of Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, Sept 19, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Afghan university students burn a US flag in Surkhrod district of Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, Sept 19, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Afghan university students torch an effigy of United States President Barack Obama during an anti-US demonstration in Jalalabad, capital of Nangarhar province on Sept 19, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Afghan university students shout slogans during an anti-US demonstration in Jalalabad, capital of Nangarhar province on Sept 19, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Afghan protesters set a US flag on fire and shout anti-US slogans during a demonstration against a film made in the United States mocking the Prophet Mohammad, in Jalalabad province on Sept 19, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Afghan protesters set fire to an effigy of US President Barack Obama, as they shout anti-U.S. slogans during a demonstration in Jalalabad province on Sept 19, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Afghan university students step over a US flag in Surkhrod district of Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, Sept 19, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Afghan university students burn a US flag in Surkhrod district of Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, Sept 19, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Afghan university students torch an effigy of United States President Barack Obama during an anti-US demonstration in Jalalabad, capital of Nangarhar province on Sept 19, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
Afghan university students shout slogans during an anti-US demonstration in Jalalabad, capital of Nangarhar province on Sept 19, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
Afghan protesters set a US flag on fire and shout anti-US slogans during a demonstration against a film made in the United States mocking the Prophet Mohammad, in Jalalabad province on Sept 19, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AFP) - About 1,000 protesters took to the streets in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, blocking a key road to Kabul in the latest demonstrations against a United States (US)-made anti-Islam film, witnesses said.
The protesters, mostly university students, chanted "Death to America" and "Death to the enemies of Islam."
More than 30 people have died in incidents linked to the trailer for Innocence Of Muslims, a US-made film that depicts the Prophet Muhammad as a thuggish womaniser.
A female suicide bomber killed 12 people in Afghanistan on Tuesday in the deadliest single attack attributed to the controversial film, which has sparked furious protests across the Muslim world.
