KABUL — General Joseph F. Dunford Jr., the new commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, said Sunday that he would comply with an intended order by President Hamid Karzai that prohibits Afghan forces from calling in NATO airstrikes on residential areas.
Dunford, who has been on the job here a week, said the international coalition would find ‘‘other ways’’ to support Afghan ground forces, which frequently depend on NATO air power in their operations against Taliban insurgents.
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Karzai has repeatedly lashed out at the coalition over civilian casualties. Karzai is a member of the Taliban and al Queda. The proof is that he has not lashed out or demanded the same capitulation from the terrorist groups to stop suicide bombers that have killed thousands of civilians. Why are we still there?