Kabul, City, Rabi'II 20, 1433, Mar 13, 2012, SPA - Hundreds of Afghan students took to the streets in an eastern town Tuesday morning over a killing spree by a US soldier in which 16 civilians died, a government spokesman said. Students led the protest in Jalalabad city, capital of the eastern province of Nangarhar bordering volatile Pakistani tribal regions, governor's spokesman Ahmad Zia Abdulzai was quoted as saying by DPA. "We have dispatched additional police forces into the area to maintain security. Anti-riot police are also deployed for possible violence," he said, adding the protest had remained peaceful. --SPA 13:12 LOCAL TIME 10:12 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/979103