Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai says Nato caused 'great suffering'

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Source: BBC

7 October 2013 Last updated at 16:54 GMT

Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai says Nato caused 'great suffering'

By Yalda Hakim
BBC Newsnight

President Hamid Karzai has criticised Nato for failing to bring stability to Afghanistan in over a decade there.

"On the security front the entire Nato exercise was one that caused Afghanistan a lot of suffering, a lot of loss of life, and no gains because the country is not secure," he said.

He said Nato had incorrectly focused the fight on Afghan villages rather than Taliban safe havens in Pakistan.

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Speaking in one of his last major interviews before stepping down, he told BBC Newsnight that his priority now is to bring peace and security to Afghanistan, including a power-sharing deal with the Taliban

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