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Email Print Related News Afghan leader warns NATO not to become "occupying force" 2:30am EDT Analysis & Opinion Stirring up the hornet’s nest in Pakistan’s northwest U.S.-Pakistan ties and the curse of secrecy Related Topics World » Afghanistan » Afghan President Hamid Karzai interacts with members of the media after a news conference in Kabul May 24, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Ahmad Masood By Amie Ferris-Rotman KABUL | Tue May 31, 2011 3:04am EDT KABUL (Reuters) - President Hamid Karzai warned the NATO-led force in Afghanistan on Tuesday that launching attacks on Afghan homes in pursuit of insurgents was "not allowed" and that patience with the tactic had run out after a spate of civilian casualties. "NATO must learn that air strikes on Afghan homes are not allowed and that Afghan people have no tolerance for that anymore," Karzai told a news conference in Kabul. Karzai reacted angrily after NATO air strikes on a compound inadvertently killed at least nine people -- most of them children -- in southern Helmand on Sunday. The strikes were ordered after a patrol had come under fire. Civilian casualties caused by foreign troops, usually in air strikes or "night raids" on Afghan homes as they hunt insurgents, have long been a major source of friction between Karzai and his Western backers. Karzai warned that Afghans had had enough of the tactics, which he said were a violation of Afghanistan's sovereignty. "If they don't stop air strikes on Afghan homes, their presence in Afghanistan will be considered as an occupying force and against the will of the Afghan people," he said. "The international community has helped us a lot but they cannot risk the lives of Afghan people, this can't be compensated," Karzai said, adding he had warned NATO commanders "a hundred times." Tension boiled over at the weekend after the strikes on the compound in Helmand's Nawzad district. Graphic television footage after the strikes showed grieving relatives holding the bodies of several children, including babies. The commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in southwestern later apologized for the deaths, saying the strikes on the compound had been ordered because insurgents were using them as a base. U.S. and NATO commanders have stepped up the use of air strikes and night raids in the past 12 months, arguing they are effective weapons against insurgents who often hide among the Afghan population. However commanders have significantly tightened the rules for using both tactics over the past two years amid a growing outcry from Afghan leaders. U.N. figures show that at least three-quarters of civilians are caused by insurgents but it is those by NATO forces which cause the most anger among ordinary Afghans. Karzai repeated that he had given NATO a "last warning" over air strikes and night raids but again did not go into any details about what his government would do if the tactics were not stopped. He said he hoped to meet ISAF commanders in Kabul later this week. "Afghanistan has a lot of ways of stopping it ... But we would like NATO to stop it on their own," Karzai said. The latest NATO strikes came at a time of high anti-Western sentiment in Afghanistan, and with a gradual security transition from foreign forces to Afghans due to begin in several areas in July. The argument over air strikes and night raids also comes at a time of heightened violence across the country since the Taliban began their spring offensive at the start of May. (Additional reporting by Hamid Shalizi; Writing by Paul Tait; Editing by Alex Richardson) World Afghanistan Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. Comments (1) AdamSmith wrote: Why are we still in Afghanistan? The US is spending roughly $2 Billion per week on that war. For what? To build a high-speed rail system between 2 large American cities, like they have in Germany, costs about $2 Billion. That means for one year of a useless war in Afghanistan, we could build 50 high-speed rail systems, in just one year. This would give high efficiency to our economy, cause many new jobs, and make us much more competitive in the world. The US military-industrial complex is raping America, and indulging in the gore and blood of killing innocent people in Afghanistan. The troops refer to it as “getting some”, just like they did in Vietnam. The lingo is, “You’d better get some, dude, before this war ends.” That means you’d better make a kill of a human so you can have bragging rights later. The key is to kill a human. He is always later depicted as a threat. This is why so many returning soldiers have mental problems. They know they killed unnecessarily. For Memorial Day, we should remember the innocent Afghanistan family-men defending their homes, who have been murdered by American “troops”, in their goal of “getting some”. Why are we still in Afghanistan? 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