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U.S. must put an end to air strikes: Karzai

Washington: Demanding an end to U.S. air strikes that has resulted in heavy civilian casualties in Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai on Saturday said that the war on terror should not be fought in “Afghan villages and homes.”

“Air strikes are not acceptable,” said Mr. Karzai, who is under public pressure to talk tough after deadly U.S. strikes in Afghanistan’s Farah province that killed over 100 civilians this week. “We demand an end to these operations,” Mr. Karzai, who was here to attend a trilateral summit of the U.S., Pakistan and Afghanistan, said.

Observing that the war on terror was not fought and should not be in the Afghan villages and homes, Karzai said: “that the air strikes, especially, and sudden bursts into homes at night are not in any way good for this war.”

Mr. Karzai said: “We believe strongly that air strikes are not an effective way in fighting terrorism.” — PTI

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