Karzai Calls For Fewer US Raids -- Al Jazeera
Afghan president appeals for reduction in "problem" night-time operations saying they help turn people to the Taliban.
Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, has appealed to the United States to reduce the visibilty and intensity of its military operations in Afghanistan.
In an interview with The Washington Post newspaper on Saturday, Karzai said that the long-term presence of foreign troops on Afghan soil could only worsen the security situation in the country and hit out at an increase in night-time raids by special forces.
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