Hamid Karzai - Afghan President Warns Nato Against Airstrikes That Kill Civilians

Hamid Karzai says assaults through international makes about Afghan houses is definately tolerated

Afghan authorities say a Saturday infiltration in Helmand province murdered 14 civilians

A NATO government leader apologizes with regard to the attack, which your dog states killed eleven civilians

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Hamid Karzai

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Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN)Afghan President Hamid Karzai warned Tuesday which almost any upcoming NATO airstrikes that kill civilians are going to be thought to be approaches contrary to the Afghan people.

The statement came up several days to weeks after an airstrike wiped out 14 civilians around northern Afghanistan, in accordance with Afghan officials.

"This will be my last word of caution for the NATO forces: No extra attacks about the homes of Afghans are going to be allowed," Karzai explained to reporters.

"If they keep on this kind of surgical treatments to kill civilians, international forces will alter to somewhat of a force that's not fighting against terrorists nevertheless preventing next to Afghan people."

Army Gen. David Petraeus, commander involving NATO-led soldiers inside Afghanistan, become a member a pair of other generals inside offering "sincere apologies" Monday to the airstrike that killed nine civilians in Helmand province. There was no instantaneous explanation for your disparity in between this find and Karzai's account connected with fourteen killed: 10 children, two women and also two men.

Maj. Gen. John Toolan, scalp of NATO's International Security Assistance Force command with south west Afghanistan, pleaded by using Afghans to not alone forgive, but for you to additionally work with coalition forces praying regarding bolstering their security.

"I offer our bona fide apologies on the families plus friends of them killed," Toolan reported within a statement. "I question which the actual Afghan people continue to keep believe in and help out their security forces, to ensure that jointly you can easliy halt the senseless preventing contributed when us by simply an enemy who desires to take advantage of the Afghan men and women through fear and violence."

Karzai stated Tuesday which the global community has converted the actual war against terrorism directly into political objectives.

"They look for their interest in addition to played out politics," Karzai said. ". If that they were combating against terrorism because Afghans ended up honestly advising them, should they had been centering (on) the actual terrorism sanctuaries . that showdown might have recently been additional successful."