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Karzai Applauds New US Afghan Strategy
Date: 3/28/2009 7:25:39 AM Sender: VOA News
Karzai Applauds New US Afghan Strategy  
By VOA News
28 March 2009

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Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai (File)

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is giving the new U.S. strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan a resounding endorsement - calling it "exactly what the Afghan people were hoping for."

Mr. Karzai praised the U.S. plan during a news conference Saturday, adding that it is better that what he had been expecting.

The Afghan leader＇s comments come one day after U.S. President Barack Obama pledged more troops and a greater emphasis on regional diplomacy to defeat al-Qaida militants and their allies, calling the situation in both Afghanistan and Pakistan "increasingly perilous."

As part of the plan, 4,000 additional U.S troops will be sent to Afghanistan to train Afghan armed forces, on top of the 17,000 new troops to be deployed in the next months.

Pakistani officials Friday also welcomed the new strategy to stabilize the region.

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani said Pakistani territory will not be allowed to be used for terrorist activities, which he said are carried out by a "minority of extremists."  President Asif Ali Zardari welcomed Mr. Obama＇s initiatives to strengthen democracy in his country.

The U.S. president is calling on Congress to authorize $1.5 billion in direct support to the Pakistani people every year over the next five years, to improve infrastructure and strengthen Pakistan＇s democracy.

In the latest violence in Afghanistan, U.S. officials say American and Afghan forces killed 12 militants during a raid on a compound in southern Helmand province Friday night.

And Afghan officials say police killed two militants during a clash in Zabul province.

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