Karzai: U.S. troops can't leave Afghanistan soon

(CNN) -- President Hamid Karzai said that with a resurgent Taliban, a still-flourishing drug trade and a border with Pakistan believed to be home base for al Qaeda, Afghanistan can't afford for U.S. troops to leave any time soon.

"It's the question of civilian causalities. It's a question of risk of Afghans. It's the question of home searches," he said. -- "We'll continue to be a friend. We'll continue to be an ally. But Afghanistan deserves respect and a better treatment."
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