“We want more security, an improved economy and progress in reconstructing the war-torn country,” Khan said

KABUL, May 6  (Islamonline.net & News Agencies) – Thousands of Afghans protested Tuesday, May 6, against the American occupation and the U.S.-installed government of Hamid Karzai, threatening to fight the occupation forces unless they quit the country.

Some 3000 demonstrators chanted anti-U.S. slogans, and condemned the presence of the foreign forces on their lands after ousting the former Taliban regime, reported Al-Jazeera TV channel.

“Afghanistan will be the grave of occupation troops as it used to be. It’s time for Afghans to fight against the American invasion, as they did with the British and Soviet invaders,” said one protesters.

“We don’t want to be ruled by Americans or British. We want the rule of Islam. We want peace and they failed to provide us with it. We want them out of our country,” stressed a Kabul University student.

A third protester shouted: “Death to (U.S. President George) Bush…Death to America!”

The demonstration was organized by the Scientific Center, headed by Siddeq Khan, a prominent philosopher known for his staunch opposition to the communist government in the 80s and the ousted Taliban.

Khan pledged unabated peaceful demonstrations until the demands of the Afghan people are met.

“We want more security, an improved economy and progress in reconstructing the war-torn country,” he stressed.

The philosopher lambasted the Karzai government, asserting “they talk about reconstructing, but instead they are becoming richer.”

He slammed the U.S.-sponsored reconstruction process, charging that the only difference Afghans noticed since the toppling of Taliban was the availability of Internet and the fact that some Afghan women had taken off their traditional  burqa.

The eastern Khost province was the first theater for anti-American demonstration on Wednesday, May 1, when students protested the presence of American forces on their national soil.