Afghan President Hamid Karzai: Afghan War Not Fought In His Country's Interest

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a news conference in Kabul January 25, 2014 FILE PHOTO. Credit: Reuters/Mohammad Ismail

Karzai Says Afghan War Not Fought In His Country's Interest: Report -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Expressing "extreme anger" toward the U.S. government, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said in an interview with the Washington Post that the war in Afghanistan was not fought with his country's interests in mind.

"Afghans died in a war that's not ours,' Karzai said in the interview published on Sunday, just a month before an election to pick his successor.

He was quoted as saying he was certain the 12-year-old war, America's longest and launched after the attacks of September 11, 2001, was "for the U.S. security and for the Western interest."

Karzai's refusal to sign a security deal with Washington that would permit foreign troops to stay in Afghanistan beyond this year has frustrated the White House, and President Barack Obama has told the Pentagon to prepare for the possibility that no U.S. troops will be left in Afghanistan after 2014.

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My Comment: Someone has to tell Karzai that his "blame America for all of our problems" excuse is getting lame now.

On a side note .... here is a good analysis on the impact of a U.S. zero option in Afghanistan.