Protesters want to shut supply route
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Thousands of anti-government protesters demanded that Pakistan close the route along which supplies are ferried to U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, adding to the growing pressure on Islamabad’s beleaguered leaders.
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 Qaeda and Taliban targets in Pakistan’s tribal areas along the Afghan border and Pakistani military assaults against Islamic insurgents.
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