Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai has said that serious mistakes were made by the United States in Afghanistan.
“Serious mistakes were made by the United States of America,” Karzai said in an interview with Al Arabiya. “They did not conduct their so-called War on Terror from where it was coming, but they went and began to hurt and bomb the Afghan villages, the Afghan people and began to arrest of Afghan people, that became the foundation of the troubles that we have now and the foundation also of my disagreements with the United States,” Karzai said.
He, however, expressed hope that intra-Afghan negotiations with the Taliban would bring lasting peace.
“For the start of talks, the most important thing, the most important element in that agreement is an end to hostilities in Afghanistan and inter-fighting Afghanistan, and the withdrawal of US troops and the return of Afghanistan to intra Afghan dialogue and peace talks. These are fundamental principles to which we agree,” Karzai said.
On Thursday, Abdullah Abdullah, Chairman of High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah, said that intra-Afghan peace talks would begin next week.
The Taliban, however, have said that no date has been set so far for the talks.
