Obama and Karzai speak together on Koran-burning violence


US president Barack Obama and Afghan president Hamid Karzai have both released statements deploring a Koran-burning incident in the US.

The burning has sparked an explosion of violence in Afghanistan.

In an hour-long video conference on Wednseday, the two presidents discussed the violence that had been brought about after a pastor at an obscure US church put fire to the Koran.

The White House later said: “Both leaders deplored the desecration of the Koran and expressed deep regret for the tragic loss of life.”

A statement from Mr Karzai’s office in Kabul said the presidents discussed the desecration of the Koran by the American pastor and “the subsequent unpleasant incidents that followed in Afghanistan.”



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