(KCEN) -- Tension between Pakistan and the United States rose Sunday when a rally led by 30,000 protesters took place in the city of Lahore.
The anti-US protest was in support of the 24 Pakistani soldiers killed in a November NATO attack.
Smaller protests also took place in other Pakistan cities.
Despite condolences offered by the United States, Pakistan decided recently to close its Afghanistan border to any crossing NATO supplies. It also banned U.S. involvement at a Pakistani airbase.
Pakistan has been criticized by the U.S. in the past for not aggressively going after Taliban fighters habitating in the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Foreign relations between the United States and Pakistan have been shaky since the U.S. capture of Osama Bin Laden in a populated region, a feat the Pakistani army was unable to accomplish.
Pakistan has also been previously accused of helping the militant Haqqani network attack U.S. troops stationed in Afghanistan.
