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27-03-2009, 02:52 PM
"The government is not what they [foreigners] say. Some of the things they say is just political pressure on us, saying 'Karzai, follow us otherwise we will defame you'," he told reporters in Kabul on Thursday.
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Karzai: US using my reputation as leverage
Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:16:29 GMT
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has strongly condemned the new US administration over spreading corruption allegations against his government.
"The government is not what they [foreigners] say. Some of the things they say is just political pressure on us, saying 'Karzai, follow us otherwise we will defame you'," he told reporters in Kabul on Thursday.
Karzai also said that the corruption allegations leveled against his ministration were politically motivated.
"Foreigners have defamed Afghanistan so badly in terms of corruption. But it's not as serious as they think."
The President also denied that he allows anyone to use his name to get contacts or business deals.
Karzai has been criticized by Obama's administration for failing to crack down on alleged corruption in his government.
Many, however, believe that the criticisms are a response to Karzai's firm stance against the US-led forces in Afghanistan over the increasing number of civilian deaths and the 'unbearable' attitude of the troops toward public and local culture.
Civilian casualties have been the greatest source of tension between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the US. More than 2,100 civilians were killed in Afghanistan last year, 40 percent more than 2007, according to the United Nations.
Earlier, Karzai warned the visiting NATO chief that the US and its allies should respect the country's sovereignty. "Afghanistan ... will never be a puppet state," Karzai told a joint news conference with NATO secretary general Jaap de Hoop Scheffer in Kabul on March 18.
"That is not their job,'' Karzai said." The issue of governance and the creation of (a mechanism for) good governance is the work of the Afghan people."
The comments come as President Obama is to unveil the new strategy on Friday, two months after he ordered a review of the US policy in Afghanistan.
A surge in violence comes as the new administration in Washington led by President Obama has ordered some 17,000 more troops to be sent to Afghanistan.
Despite the presence of more than 70,000 US-led foreign troops in Afghanistan, insurgency has escalated in the war-torn country.
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail.aspx?id=89746§ionid=351020403
Karzai: US using my reputation as leverage
Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:16:29 GMT
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has strongly condemned the new US administration over spreading corruption allegations against his government.
"The government is not what they [foreigners] say. Some of the things they say is just political pressure on us, saying 'Karzai, follow us otherwise we will defame you'," he told reporters in Kabul on Thursday.
Karzai also said that the corruption allegations leveled against his ministration were politically motivated.
"Foreigners have defamed Afghanistan so badly in terms of corruption. But it's not as serious as they think."
The President also denied that he allows anyone to use his name to get contacts or business deals.
Karzai has been criticized by Obama's administration for failing to crack down on alleged corruption in his government.
Many, however, believe that the criticisms are a response to Karzai's firm stance against the US-led forces in Afghanistan over the increasing number of civilian deaths and the 'unbearable' attitude of the troops toward public and local culture.
Civilian casualties have been the greatest source of tension between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the US. More than 2,100 civilians were killed in Afghanistan last year, 40 percent more than 2007, according to the United Nations.
Earlier, Karzai warned the visiting NATO chief that the US and its allies should respect the country's sovereignty. "Afghanistan ... will never be a puppet state," Karzai told a joint news conference with NATO secretary general Jaap de Hoop Scheffer in Kabul on March 18.
"That is not their job,'' Karzai said." The issue of governance and the creation of (a mechanism for) good governance is the work of the Afghan people."
The comments come as President Obama is to unveil the new strategy on Friday, two months after he ordered a review of the US policy in Afghanistan.
A surge in violence comes as the new administration in Washington led by President Obama has ordered some 17,000 more troops to be sent to Afghanistan.
Despite the presence of more than 70,000 US-led foreign troops in Afghanistan, insurgency has escalated in the war-torn country.