Karzai Tolls Death Knell For NATO 'Mission'

"The end of the rope," is now President Hamid Karzai's depiction of this imperilled relationship. That was his angry mood after an emotional meeting with a delegation of tribal elders and villagers who came from Kandahar to discuss last Sunday's night-time massacre of 16 Afghans.
When I called out a question at the end of the gathering, the president clearly wanted to publicly cast doubt on the US account that it was the work of one rogue American soldier who "snapped".
"We're in the end game, but I guarantee you that if we pull out now, we will be back here in 20 years, starting all over from scratch ”
"These horrible activities cannot be tolerated," he declared, in a reference to night raids and other Nato military operations he has repeatedly railed against. A day earlier, he had called on Nato forces to pull out of villages and go back to their bases. MORE