The President of Afghanistan on Friday touted the progress his country has made, while also pushing for greater efforts in combating terrorism. Afghan President Hamid Karzai, speaking to a group at the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars in Washington, DC, stressed the progresses his war-torn country has made since the U.S.-led “operation enduring freedom” seven years ago. While Karzai acknowledged that terrorism, which is what ignited the U.S. incursion, is still an issue in Afghanistan, he said there are many social and economic improvements to the country. “Indeed the Afghan story seven years on is one of success, no doubt,” but also one of difficulty and failures, he said. Though security in Afghanistan is widely seen as a failure of the American, Afghan, and Coalition troops, Karzai touted the accomplishments and expansion of the Afghan National Army. But, he also said that one of the biggest mistakes that the Afghan government could have made was the lack of training provided to the police force.
