'We want peace from the world,' Afghans protest in Athens

People from the local Afghan community demonstrate against the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, at Syntagma square in Athens, Greece, August 28, 2021. REUTERS/Costas Baltas

ATHENS (Reuters) - Hundreds of Afghans marched to the U.S. Embassy in Athens on Saturday, 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.