Afghan president calls for calm over Koran-burning
Posted at 02/26/2012 6:23 PM | Updated as of 02/27/2012 7:01 AM
KABUL - Afghan President Hamid Karzai went on television Sunday to appeal for calm after five days of violent anti-US protests across his country over the burning of Korans at a US military base.
Karzai "condemned with the strongest words" the treatment of Islam's holy book and said the perpetrators should be punished, but told his countrymen: "Now that we have shown our feelings it is time to be calm and peaceful."
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