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Thousands of people gathered outside the US consulate in the city of Karachi on Sunday to protest against a NATO cross-border air attack that killed 24 Pakistani troops and is threatening a strategic alliance between the countries.
A Reuters reporter at the scene said the angry crowd shouted Down with America. One young man climbed on the wall surrounding the heavily fortified compound and attached a Pakistani flag to barbed wire.
The NATO attack was the latest perceived provocation by the US. America is attacking our borders. The government should immediately break ties with it, said Naseema Baluch,a housewife attending the Karachi demonstration. America wants to occupy our country but we will not let it do that.
Many Pakistanis believe their army is fighting a war against militants that only serves Western interests and hurts their country. US stabs Pakistan in the back,again,said a headline in the Daily Times,reflecting fury over the attack in Pakistan,a regional power seen as critical to US efforts to stabilise neighbouring Afghanistan.
About 500 members of Jamaat-e-Islami,Pakistans most influential religious party,staged a protest in Mohmand tribal area,where the NATO attack took place.
Jihad is the only answer to America, they yelled.
Pakistan responded to the attack with unusually strong condemnations and said it reserved the right to retaliate. Around 40 troops were stationed at the outposts at the time of the attack,military sources said.
They without any reasons attacked on our post and killed soldiers asleep, said a senior Pakistani officer.
