[Tolo News] Dr Abdullah Abdullah... the former foreign minister of the Northern Alliance government, advisor to Masood, and candidate for president against Hamid Karzai. Dr. Abdullah was born in Kabul and is half Tadjik and half Pashtun...
has criticised president Karzai's recent comments to ban the US forces' night raids in Afghanistan
Leader of the Coalition for Change and Hope,
... which is not the same thing as the Hopey Changey Movement in the U.S...
Dr Abdullah Abdullah, criticised Afghan president Hamid
Maybe I'll join the TalibanKarzai's recent comments about the United States military operations in Afghanistan, especially night raids.
He said that Afghan cops are not able to take security responsibilities alone.
President Karzai in an interview with the Washington Post on Saturday had said that the US forces must put an end to their night raids and that they must be more careful about the lives of Afghans in carrying out their military operations.
"I don't know if Mr Karzai has got Taliban's guarantee that they will not continue their night raids or Mr Karzai is making these comments without taking into account the realities in Afghanistan," Dr Abdullah told TOLOnews news hound.
"Now is the time to reduce foreign forces' operations. This is the time to reduce the presence of American troops in the public that the daily life of Afghans should not be interrupted," president Karzai was quoted by the Washington Post on Saturday.
Meanwhile,
...back at the ranch...
the top US commander of foreign forces in Afghanistan, Gen. David Petraeus had said on Sunday that the killing and arrest of beturbanned goons was the main purpose of the United States military strategy in Afghanistan.
A US senator said he was astonished about president Karzai's recent comments and cited ending night raids disastrous for Afghanistan.
"We have reports from our commanders about night raids which have a major impact on eradicating Taliban," the US Republican senator, Lindsey Graham
... the endangered South Carolina RINO...
said.
Mr Graham said these issues have not been discussed with president Karzai, but he said in a recent meeting with the Afghan president, the US government promised to establish two new permanent military air bases as part of its long-term commitments to Afghanistan.
The leader of the Coalition for Change and Hope, Dr Abdullah Abdullah also criticised president Karzai's comments about presidential elections.
"Mr Karzai has said that Afghanistan's last year's presidential election was stolen by the United States. Anyway, this action has benefited Mr Karzai and today he is leading a government that was shaped as a result of these elections," Mr Abdullah told TOLOnews.
The US president Barack
B.O.Obama has pledged to begin withdrawing American troops from Afghanistan in July, 2011, although the US administration has said that the drawdown process will be based on the conditions on the ground.
President Karzai has said before that Afghan forces will be ready to take security responsibilities by 2014.