Afghan President Hamid Karzai Says New U.S. Troop Deployments Are Seven Years Too Late.

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (L) shakes hands with NATO's supreme allied commander in Europe, General John Craddock during a meeting with North Atlantic Council participants in Kabul March 18, 2009. NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said on Wednesday an additional four battalions, some 4,000 troops, were needed to provide security for Afghan elections in August. REUTERS/Syed Jan Sabawoon/Pool

Afghan Leader Karzai Says More U.S. Forces "Too Late" -- Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said in an interview on Thursday that he welcomes the U.S. deployment of 17,000 extra troops to Afghanistan but says efforts to stabilize the country are "seven years too late."

Violence is at its highest level in Afghanistan since U.S.-led forces toppled the Taliban in late 2001. A United Nations report warned last week that security may worsen this year in the face of a renewed insurgency.

In an interview on the public television news program "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer," Karzai said he had been asking for more NATO-led troops to provide security since 2002.

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