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An Afghan circus performer drives a car on a 'Wall of Death' at a fair on the third day of Eid al-Adha in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Oct. 28. Afghans started celebrating Eid al-Adha or 'Feast of the Sacrifice', which marks the end of the annual hajj or pilgrimage to Mecca and celebrated in remembrance of Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son to God.
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Children work at a brick factory in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Oct. 8, 2012.
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Afghan National Army soldiers inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Jalalabad province Feb., 27. Police said at least three civilians were killed by the airport car bomb, which happened after a week of nationwide violent protests over the Koran burnings. At least 30 people have been killed in the violence, including four American soldiers, and hundreds wounded.
The attack on the base came a day after two U.S. military advisers — a lieutenant colonel and a major — were found dead after being shot in the head in their office at the Interior Ministry in the heart of the capital. The building is one of the city's most heavily guarded buildings, and the slayings raised doubts about safety as coalition troops continue their withdrawal.
-- Reported by NBC News, msnbc.com staff and news services
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A freed Afghan woman prisoner and her son leave the Nangarhar prison in the city of Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Aug. 27. Around 38 Afghan prisoners were released from captivity based on the decree of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, honoring the 92nd Afghan independence day.
JALALABAD, Afghanistan — Demonstrators battled police in southern Afghanistan's main city on Sunday and took to the streets in the turbulent east for the first time as Western pleas failed to halt a third day of rage over a Florida pastor's burning of the Quran.
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A protestor beats a burning effigy of U.S. President Barack Obama during a rally in Jalalabad, Afghanistan on Sunday, April 3. Afghan protests against the burning of a Quran in Florida entered a third day with a demonstration in the major eastern city Sunday, while the Taliban called on people to rise up, blaming government forces for any violence.
An officer was shot dead in a second day of clashes in the city of Kandahar, said provincial health director Qayum Pokhla. Two officers and 18 civilians were wounded, he said.
In Jalalabad, the largest city in the east, hundreds of people blocked the main highway for three hours, shouting for U.S. troops to leave, burning an effigy of President Barack Obama and stomping on a drawing of a U.S. flag. More than 1,000 people set tires ablaze to block another highway in eastern Parwan province for about an hour, said provincial police chief Sher Ahmad Maladani.
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Protestors shout anti-U.S. slogans during a demonstration in Jalalabad, Afghanistan on Sunday, April 3.
The violence was set off by anger over the March 20 burning of the Quran by a Florida church — the same church whose pastor had threatened to do so last year on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, triggering worldwide outrage. Continue reading.
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Smoke rises from a burning convoy of NATO fuel tankers after it was attacked by militants in the Behsod district of Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Nov 14.
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Afghans stand near the scene of an explosion in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Nov. 14. A bomb placed in a wheelbarrow exploded in the provincial capital of Jalalabad, killing at least one civilian and injuring nine other people, the Interior Ministry said.
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