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Summary Investigation into the incident is underway, Karzai said.
Afghanistans president has renewed his calls for calm in a televised address to the nation after the burning of Qurans at a US base sparked five days of violent protests.About 30 people have been killed including four U.S. soldiers since the incident came to light Tuesday.NATO has pulled hundreds of international advisers out of Afghan ministries out of concern that they might become the next targets of anti-foreigner anger.President Hamid Karzai spoke in a live television broadcast Sunday. Karzai said, Now is the time to return to calm and not let our enemies use this situation.It is still unclear who shot the men inside a heavily secured wing of the Interior Ministry, or if the attacker had been apprehended. The Afghan media reported that it was a police intelligence officer, without citing a source. Karzai said much was still unknown.Who has done this, and whether he is an Afghan or a foreigner, we do not know. We are saddened by the incident and express our condolences to their families, he said.
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