Afghanistan’s President, Hamid Karzai, says the US can no longer carry out military operations or airstrikes in his country.
Karzai made the statement on Sunday after being presented with the findings of an investigation into a deadly airstrike in the eastern Parwan province last week. The attack occurred during a joint Afghan-US military operation and resulted in eight civilian deaths. Karzai has blamed it on US soldiers.
The US-led international military coalition, however, have provided a sharply different account of what happened during the two-day operation. They say it was an Afghan-led effort and was carried out at the request of the government. Karzai has warned that the US must jump-start peace talks with the Taliban before Afghanistan signs a security deal to keep American troops in the country after 2014.
Source:CCTV
