Karzai responds to lawmakers

 Afghan President Hamid Karzai met Thursday with parliamentarians – many of whom had been particularly vitriolic Wednesday in calling for Afghans to wage a holy war against international forces.

 Karzai told the lawmakers they were right to raise their voices against the desecration of Islam’s holy book, but said a government investigation was the appropriate way to handle the case, according to a statement issued by his office.

 The statement said Karzai told the lawmakers that a U.S. officer responsible for the burning “didn’t understand” what he was doing and that the United States had “accepted the mistake of its officer.”

Associated Press