This is the same man who has gone on record in the past declaring America the invader and the enemy. This is the same man who said if Pakistan went to war with America, he would join forces with Pakistan. So who is the enemy in President Hamid Karzai eyes.
S Sabawoon/European Pressphoto Agency
By GRAHAM BOWLEY and ALISSA J. RUBIN
KABUL, Afghanistan — Two American officers were shot dead inside the Interior Ministry building here on Saturday, and NATO responded by immediately pulling all its advisers out of Afghan ministries in Kabul, in a deepening of the crisis over the American military’s burning of Korans at a NATO military base.The order by the NATO commander, Gen. John R. Allen, came on the fifth day of virulent anti-American demonstrations across the country, and it was a clear sign of concern that the fury had reached deeply into even the Afghan security forces and ministries working most closely with the coalition.On Sunday, the Interior Ministry said in a statement that it had identified a suspect who had fled and was “believed to be an employee of one of the departments of the Interior Ministry.”President Hamid Karzai called for calm during a televised news conference Sunday from the presidential palace. It was a time for self-restraint, he said, “so that it does not provide an opportunity for the enemy to take advantage.”In his address, President Karzai said he understood the decision by NATO to withdraw its advisers but said it could be temporary. He did not comment on the shooting of the two officers.
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