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Karzai wants U.S. to reduce military operations in Afghanistan In the starkest terms to date, President Karzai said that the visibility and intensity of US/NATO operations must be reduced and that US SOF night raids end. "It's not desirable for the Afghan people either to have 100,000 or more foreign troops going around the country endlessly," he said. These were not off the cuff remarks, but instead provided to reporters in an hour-long sit-down interview (an exasperated General Petreaus responded – see associated news report).  Karzai continues to highlight that US/NATO operations are exacerbating the war fatigue Afghans experience...