Afghan officials say at least two demonstrators have been killed in northern Afghanistan as protests over last week's burning of Qur'ans turned violent.
It marked the sixth day of deadly protests over the burning of Qur'ans and other religious materials at a U.S. base. The White House has called the incident a mistake and apologized to the Afghan government but demonstrations have continued.
The administrator of Iman Sahib district in Kunduz province says Sunday's protest turned violent as demonstrators tried to enter the district's largest city.
He says people in the crowd fired on police and threw grenades at a U.S. base nearby.
NATO said initial reports indicated no international service members were killed.
A U.S. military convoy enters the Afghan Interior Ministry in Kabul, where a gunman killed two American advisors on Saturday, officials said. (Musadeq Sadeq/Associated Press)NATO and the British government recalled their international advisers from Afghan ministries late Saturday after two U.S. military advisers ? a lieutenant colonel and a major ? were found dead in their office with shots to the back of their heads.
Afghanistan's president, Hamid Karzai, renewed his calls for calm Sunday in a televised address to the nation after the burning of the Qur'ans sparked days of deadly protests.
"Now is the time to return to calm and not let our enemies use this situation," Karzai said.
Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/02/26/afghan-shooting-karzai.html?cmp=rss
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