Hundreds of Taliban rallied in a Pakistani tribal town on Monday, condemning the killing of Osama bin Laden and vowing to avenge the al Qaeda chief's death, local officials said. Chanting slogans denouncing Pakistan and the United States, the protesters gathered in Wana, the main town in South Waziristan where they forced the market to close and then held a meeting in a nearby madrassa, they said.
It was the first pro-bin Laden demonstration in tribal belt. The protesters, believed to be more than 500, were mostly supporters or members of Pakistani Taliban commander Maulvi Nazir's group, which supports Afghan Taliban, officials told AFP. Pro-Taliban cleric Maulvi Ibrahim said that they would take revenge from Pakistan and America.