Seven U.S. troops wounded in Afghan grenade attack as Koran-burning riots rage on

”The demonstrators hurled a hand grenade at US special forces based in Imam Sahib city of Kunduz Province. As a result, seven US special forces were wounded,” Kunduz police spokesman Sayed Sarwar Hussaini said.

The attack came after Afghan president Hamid Karzai went on television on Sunday to appeal for calm after five days of violent anti-US protests across his country over the burning of Korans at a US military base.

Karzai ”condemned with the strongest words” the treatment of Islam’s holy book and said the perpetrators should be punished but told his countrymen, ”Now that we have shown our feelings, it is time to be calm and peaceful.”