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US President tries to dispel mounting anger in Afghanistan
US President Obama attempts to dispel anger after a US soldier’s killing spree which left 16 women and children dead while Afghan citizens protest over the incident.
President Barack Obama tries to diminish anger and fears as protesters chant for the death of America
US President Barack Obama yesterday attempted to dispel anger in Afghanistan after a US soldier massacred 16 villagers on Sunday.
This attempt was made even as protests began in Afghanistan over the incident and Taliban insurgents threatened to retaliate by beheading American soldiers.
Obama said that the US was taking this as seriously as if it were their own citizens in an attempt to diminish fears that the US war strategy was someway flawed.
The protests began in the easter city of Jalalabad where some 2,000 demonstrators chanted for “Death to America”.
The protesters also demanded Afghan President Hamid Karzai to reject a planned strategic negotiation which would allow US advisers and forces to remain in Afghanistan after 2014.
Senior Afghan investigators, also two of Karzai’s brothers – Shah Wali Karzai and Abdul Qayum Karzai, looking into the massacre in Kandahar’s Panjwai district were shot at by suspected insurgents.
The brothers were unharmed but a soldier was killed and a civilian was wounded in the area which is a Taliban stronghold and supply route.
