U.S. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul.<br/> <br />The meeting follows the massacre of 16 civilians in Kandahar by what officials say was a lone, rogue U.S. soldier.<br/> <br />The staff sergeant - who gave himself up shortly after the attack - has been flown out of Afghanistan.<br/> <br />On the streets of the capital Kabul people are calling for the perpetrator to be tried in-country.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Pashto) KABUL RESIDENT MOHAMMAD AFGHAN, SAYING:<br/> <br />"The American who killed 16 innocent people for no reason must be tried in our country. We have a government, a court and a judicial system in our country. This case must be taken seriously and the punishment should be given to him in public. So that in future, this will serve as a lesson to Americans and other foreigners who are in Afghanistan."<br/> <br />The shootings underscored instability in the country more than 10 years into an increasingly unpopular war.<br/> <br />The incident has ratcheted up tension across the country, further inflaming a people already incensed by the burning of Korans at a NATO base last month.<br/> <br />Nick Rowlands, Reuters.
