ATHENS, 29 August 2021, (TON): Hundreds of Afghans marched to the U.S. Embassy in Athens, making a plea to the international community for peace and holding banners reading, “Afghanistan is bleeding” and “hands off our land.”

Following the Taliban’s takeover of the country earlier this month, U.S. troops have begun their withdrawal from Kabul airport, after a two-week scramble by Washington and its allies to fly out their nationals and vulnerable Afghans by a Tuesday deadline set by President Joe Biden.

As it neared the end of a 20-year military engagement in the country, the United States said it had killed two Islamic State militants planning attacks in Afghanistan, following a deadly suicide bombing outside Kabul airport.

Omey Naziam, 24, who joined the peaceful protest in the Greek capital, said “we are tired of war, we are tired of violence, we are tired of seeing dead bodies. We all came here together, we want peace from the world, we want to end this war.”

Other protesters shouted, “stop killing Afghans” and “we want justice.”