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World Accompanied by the commander of foreign forces in Afghanistan, U.S. General Stanley McChrystal, Karzai pleaded for support from a gathering of several hundred elders in Kandahar, the city that launched the Taliban and the capital of the province where their insurgency is at its strongest. "Right now the life of Kandahar is a very bad life," he said at a conference hall in the city. "Step by step, we can go forward." In recent years Karzai has rarely ventured to Kandahar, where he survived an assassination attempt in 2005. He has strong family roots there, however. His brother chairs the provincial assembly and has been accused of corruption, charges he denies. Washington's strategy to end the nine-year-old war involves a surge of troops to improve security accompanied by development schemes that provide jobs and an improvement in government services. Karzai's administration has been accused in the past of not keeping its side of the bargain, but McChrystal said he believed the government was taking action now. "I thought I saw extraordinary ownership on the part of a national leader," he said. Foreign troop deployment is expected to peak at 150,000 before U.S. President Barack Obama's planned withdrawal starts in July 2011. Visiting British Prime Minister David Cameron made clear last week he wanted his troops out as soon as possible. This month alone some 37 foreign service members have died in Afghanistan. Asked what changes the residents of Kandahar would notice after this operation -- military officials are keen not to use the word "offensive" -- McChrystal said: "I think it won't look shockingly different than it does now. ... I think it may feel very different." "There will be more ANP (police). I think more mothers will feel comfortable with their husbands going to the mosque to pray. I think there will be fewer killings. I think there will be a sense that some of the constricting or menacing pressure on the part of the insurgency has been released. And I hope it is also matched by improvements in governance." Karzai's brother, Ahmed Wali Karzi, said the Kandahar operation was welcomed by locals. But some remained skeptical. "In Afghanistan, people first see and then believe," said Ghulam Jilani Popal, head of the Afghan Independent Directorate of Local Government. (Writing by David Fox from pool notes; Editing by Elizabeth Fullerton) World Add a Comment *We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language or appear to be spam and 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. 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