By Sara Malm PUBLISHED: 08:07 EST, 8 October 2013 | UPDATED: 08:30 EST, 8 October 2013 Hamid Karzai has blasted NATO’s military actions in Afghanistan, claiming that his country has not seen anything but suffering and loss of lives. The departing president also said the alliance’s airstrikes were a ‘violation against our sovereignty’, which has provoked angry responses from several camps. The war on terror in Afghanistan, which entered its 12th year yesterday, has claimed the lives of more than 2,270 US soldiers and 440 British troops. Attack: President Hamid Karzai has said the NATO exercise in Afghanistan has caused 'a lot of suffering, a lot of loss of life, and no gains'
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Afghan president Karzai hits out at NATO, branding its work futile
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Says NATO's war on terror has resulted in 'suffering and loss of lives'
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Former Secretary-General calls Karzai's NATO critique unfair
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Others brand Karzai 'very week' and 'out of touch with Afghan people'
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