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TANK, Pakistan The Pakistani military blocked a convoy carrying thousands of Pakistanis and a small contingent of U.S. anti-war activists from entering a lawless tribal region along the border with Afghanistan on Sunday to protest American drone strikes.
The group, led by cricket star turned politician Imran Khan and his political party, was turned back just miles from the border of South Waziristan. After an hour of fruitless negotiations, Khan announced that the caravan would backtrack to the city of Tank, about nine miles away. There, he delivered a speech to the crowd of about 10,000.
Americans protest drone strikes in Pakistan
Khan has harshly criticized the Pakistani government's cooperation with Washington in the fight against Islamist militants. He has been especially outspoken against U.S. drone strikes targeting militants and has argued that Islamabad's alliance with Washington is the main reason Pakistan is facing a homegrown Taliban insurgency. He has suggested before that militant activity in Pakistan's tribal areas will dissipate when the U.S. ends the war across the border in Afghanistan.
"We want to give a message to America that the more you carry out drone attacks, the more people will hate you," Khan told the crowd.
The anti-American sentiment, always high in Pakistan, was evident in the crowd that waved banners saying "Down with America," and "The friend of America is the traitor of the nation."
Pakistan's tribal regions, such as North and South Waziristan, border Afghanistan and serve as bases for militant groups such as the Taliban to stage raids across the border into Afghanistan.
The protest convoy of about 150 cars set out on Saturday from the capital Islamabad, traveled 250 miles and then stopped overnight in the city of Dera Ismail Khan. The plan for the second and final day was to travel another 70 miles to reach Kotkai in South Waziristan. But the military stopped the convoy in the town of Kawar.
Supporters of Pakistan's Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) or Movement for Justice party, scuffle with police as they enter Tank on October 7, 2012. Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan and his followers were stopped from entering Pakistan's tribal region after they bypassed roadblocks to press towards the region to protest against U.S. drone strikes.
/ A Majeed/AFP/Getty ImagesKhan told the rally that they wanted to continue their journey to Kotkai, but the army said it was too late, and going inside South Waziristan at night was dangerous. Khan said he didn't want to put his supporters in danger, so he turned the rally around to Tank.
A spokesman for Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Umar Younus, said the army stopped the convoy at a checkpoint and despite insistence by PTI leaders they would not allow the convoy to go any farther.
Regardless of whether he was able to enter the tribal region, Khan portrayed the two-day motorcade as a success.
"We have taken the voice of the people of Waziristan to the world," he said.
Thousands of supporters had turned out along the route to cheer on the convoy, which stretched about 9 miles, including accompanying media. Some of those packed into the vehicles waved flags for Khan's political group and chanted: "We want peace."
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