President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday reaffirmed his commitment for Afghan police and soldiers to take charge of security nationwide by 2014 and urged his international backers to spend their money on long-term Afghan priorities. Karzai spoke at a one-day international conference on Afghanistan's future, the Associated Press reported. Karzai said that Afghanistan and its Western allies share «a vicious common enemy.» But, he said, victory will come in giving Afghans as much responsibility as possible in combating the insurgency within its borders. «I remain determined that our Afghan national security forces will be responsible for all military and law enforcement operations throughout our country by 2014» _ more than three years after President Barack Obama's date for the start of an American troop drawdown, Karzai said.
