PESHAWAR: Thousands of protesters of Jamait-e-Ulema-e-Islam and other Islamic groups surround pro-Taliban Muslim leader Moulana Fazal Ur-Rehman at an anti-US demonstration on September 21 in Peshawar, Pakistan. A nationwide strike was called by Islamic clerics on Friday to oppose any action by the USA against Afghanistan without evidence against Osama bin Laden. —AP/PTI