here s president hamid karzai and his staff meeting with u.s. officials in kabul, talking about a small florida church whose members say they burned a copy of the islamic holy book. general david petraeus talked about it today. we condemn the action of an individual in the united states to burned a holy koran. that action was hateful. it was intolerant and it was extremely disrespectful. and again, we condemn it in the strongest manner possible. this was an act of disrespect to the muslim faith and to all peoples of faith. it does not represent the views of the peoples or governments of the alliance. we condemn it. our condolences of course go out to everyone who has been hurt in the demonstrations over the past few days. and we call on everyone to remember, that this was the act of an isolated individual. and that the peoples and governments of the alliance both respect and defend the muslim faith and are in afghanistan to support a peaceful future for the afghan people.