After U.S. troops inadvertently burned Qurans in Afghanistan last month, Afghans staged nationwide riots that left 40 dead and hundreds injured in unrest that lasted days.
In the days since 16 Afghan civilians were shot dead on Sunday, apparently by a lone U.S. soldier, the Afghan reaction has been relatively restrained so far.
Why such different responses? It can seem especially confounding to Americans, who consider the shooting a far graver offense than the Quran burnings.
Could it be that decades of war have simply made the Afghans numb to death and they regard the burning of the Koran a far greater outrage?
For Afghans, Two Outrages, Two Different Reactions : NPR
In the days since 16 Afghan civilians were shot dead on Sunday, apparently by a lone U.S. soldier, the Afghan reaction has been relatively restrained so far.
Why such different responses? It can seem especially confounding to Americans, who consider the shooting a far graver offense than the Quran burnings.
Could it be that decades of war have simply made the Afghans numb to death and they regard the burning of the Koran a far greater outrage?
For Afghans, Two Outrages, Two Different Reactions : NPR