Afghan demonstrators shout anti- Taliban slogans during a protest of this week's execution of 26 young men from their community who were killed by Taliban militants in Maiwand district of Kandahar province in the south, in Materlam the provincial capital of Laghman province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Oct. 24, 2008. The unprecedented protest in the eastern Laghman province is one of the largest anti-Taliban gatherings since the fall of the hard-line Islamist regime following the U.S. invasion in late 2001. (AP Photo/Nesar Ahmad)Thousands of Afghans Protest Civilian Massacre
by Taliban -- Voice Of America
by Taliban -- Voice Of America
Thousands of ethnic Pashtuns in eastern Afghanistan Friday marched in protest against a Taliban massacre of civilians last week.
Marchers demonstrated in Mihtarlam, the capital of Lahgman province, as well as the city of Jalalabad.
The anti-Taliban protests took place one week after Taliban fighters ambushed a bus in southern Kandahar province and killed about 30 civilians. Many of those who died were Afghans traveling to find work in Iran.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for 27 killings, saying they attacked the bus because it was carrying army recruits. Afghanistan's government and survivors of the violence say the passengers were civilians.
In other news Friday, the United Nations said Hollywood actress and U.N. Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie completed her first visit to Afghanistan on Thursday.
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