Supporters of Pakistani religious party Jamaat-e-Islami chant anti-American slogans at a rally in Peshawar, Pakistan on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008. More than 10,000 Pakistanis protested Thursday against allowing U.S. forces to ship supplies through Pakistan into Afghanistan in a sign of growing pressure on Islamabad to harden its foreign policy. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)10,000 Urge Pakistan To Cut US-NATO Supply Line
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Thousands of anti-government protesters demanded Thursday that Pakistan shut the route along which supplies are ferried to U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, adding to the growing pressure on Islamabad's beleaguered leadership.
The demonstration by more than 10,000 people in the northwestern city of Peshawar also focused on a recent series of U.S. missile strikes against suspected al-Qaida and Taliban targets in Pakistan's lawless tribal areas along the Afghan border and Pakistani military offensives against Islamic insurgents in the area.
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