US protesters have staged a demonstration in the capital Washington to denounce last week’s use of the largest non-nuclear bomb in Afghanistan and other US military interventions around the world.
The crowd gathered in front of the White House on Sunday, shouting slogans and carrying placards, as well staging a die-in, to express their anger at the administration of President Donald Trump for escalating the already protracted war in Afghanistan.
Several Afghan Americans also delivered short speeches during the rally to warn that US forces are destroying Afghanistan and “dehumanizing” its people.
“This bomb is not just destroying the lives of individual people, it’s also destroying Afghanistan’s land, which is needed for livelihood and sustenance,” one speaker said. “So when the media continues to say that they dropped the bomb in the middle of nowhere, please make sure you reject that narrative, it is dehumanizing.”
