United Nations bombing Afghanistan

Afghan president tells UN that bombings must end

KABUL, Afghanistan – President Hamid Karzai has told a U.N. Security Council delegation that aerial bombings by international military forces and searches on Afghan homes must stop.

Karzai also told the U.N. delegation Tuesday that the international community should set a timeline to end the war in Afghanistan. If no deadline is set, Karzai says Afghanistan has the right to negotiate the conflict’s end.

The Afghan president also says that not enough attention is being paid to militant bases outside of Afghanistan — a common reference to dangerous tribal areas in Pakistan.

Karzai also said the Afghan-Pakistan relationship has improved after new leaders were installed there over the last year.