Was Security Better In Helmand Before The British Troops Arrived

Hamid Karzai says the greatest long-term threat to his country is not insurgents but meddling by foreign powers. Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian

Hamid Karzai Says Security In Helmand Better Before British Troops Arrived -- The Guardian

Afghan president questions effectiveness of west's intervention before talks with David Cameron and Pakistan's Asif Ali Zardari. Watch the interview at itv.com/news.

The Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, has questioned whether western troops were "fighting in the wrong place" during their decade-long mission in Afghanistan, saying security was better in southern Helmand province before the arrival of British forces.

Speaking exclusively to the Guardian and ITV News in London, Karzai said he was unclear if western forces were leaving Afghanistan because they felt they had achieved the aim of making their own countries more secure by tackling international terror groups – or because they had realised the mission was mistaken.

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My Comment: The post foreign-Afghan-intervention debate appears to be starting right now.