DIR: Hundreds of protesters marched through the city’s streets late on Tuesday evening and chanted slogans against the US government and its supporters in Pakistan and called on people to wage jihad against “infidels”. The rally, dubbed the ‘night march,’ began at 8:45pm from Ameri Kass to mark Yaum-e-Badr. The protesters marched through Rehankot, a populous part of the city, and shouted slogans of “America’s friend is a traitor”. The rally ended with a public meeting at Dir Chowk where the protesters asked people to volunteer for jihad.
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He said the enemy had come close to “our houses” as they had reached neighbouring Afghanistan. “Despite all the support offered by Musharraf they (the coalition forces in Afghanistan) continue to threaten Pakistan,” he said, adding that jihad was “the only way to protect Muslims from the US and its allied forces”.