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My Profile Top News Reuters top ten news stories delivered to your inbox each day. Subscribe You are here: Home > News > International > Article Home Business & Finance News U.S. Politics International Technology Entertainment Sports Lifestyle Oddly Enough Health Science Special Coverage Video Pictures Your View The Great Debate Blogs Weather Reader Feedback Do More With Reuters RSS Widgets Mobile Podcasts Newsletters Your View Make Reuters My Homepage Partner Services CareerBuilder Affiliate Network Professional Products Support (Customer Zone) Reuters Media Financial Products About Thomson Reuters Karzai "very serious" on ending air raids: official Mon May 11, 2009 10:37am EDT Email | Print | Share | Reprints | Single Page [-] Text [+] By Sayed Salahuddin KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai is "very serious" about a demand for foreign forces in Afghanistan to halt air raids, even though it was rebuffed by a top U.S. security official, his spokesman said Monday. Afghans are furious about the bombing of two villages in Western Farah province during a drawn-out battle last week, when bombs hit homes crowded with civilians, some of them children. In a sign of growing public unhappiness, lawmakers on Monday demanded legal restrictions on foreign forces fighting in their country, then closed for half a day to protest against the attack. A day earlier, hundreds of Kabul university students had marched against the killings, chanting "death to America." Karzai, who went on U.S. television to demand an end to all air attacks, has put the death toll at up to 130 people. If his figure is confirmed, it would be the biggest such case of Western forces killing civilians since they invaded in 2001. His plea was rejected by White House National Security Advisor James Jones, who said the United States could not be expected to fight "with one hand tied behind our back." But an issue that is already poisoning ties between Washington and Kabul may become even more toxic, as Karzai's team showed no signs of backing away from their call to end attacks. "We demand a complete end to the bombardment of our villages ... and we are very serious about it," said presidential spokesman Siymak Herawi, when asked about Jones's comments. "They are like a double-edged weapon with which the international community is hurting itself and also the Afghan people," he added. "THERE WILL BE UPRISINGS" The growing toll of casualties from aerial bombings has been eroding support for troops on the ground. They accounted for well over half of civilian deaths caused by Western and pro-government forces in 2008, according to the United Nations. "It will be the biggest problem for the presence of the international community if they do not avoid the killing of innocent people," lawmaker Mohammad Moin Marastyal told Reuters, after a morning debating the strikes Farah. "There would be uprisings against foreign forces in Afghanistan," he added. Parliament fears civilian deaths caused by foreign forces are now also undermining the legitimacy of Karzai's already fragile government, and risked discouraging ordinary Afghans from voting in a presidential election in August. Lawmakers said they had given Karzai an ultimatum to put controls on military forces operating in their country. Continued... View article on single page Share: Del.icio.us Digg Mixx Yahoo! Facebook LinkedIn Next Article: Qaeda in talks on freeing European hostages: paper Green Business Reuters Green Business Reuters introduces a new section dedicated to the emerging green technology sector, featuring five people to watch in the business of green and our global green portfolio. 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