Karzai says US, allies still have ‘miles to go’ in Afghanistan

Karzai says civilian deaths hurt Afghan operations

KABUL — Afghan President Hamid Karzai says the U.S. and its allies still have “miles to go” in Afghanistan and civilian casualties are hurting the effort.

Karzai wrote an opinion piece published Saturday in the Washington Post. He said international forces in Afghanistan have yet to secure large parts of the country and civilian casualties undermine that task.

Karzai was at Bagram Air Field on Saturday with several of his ministers. A top U.S. commander will be giving him a briefing on special operations.

He travels to Washington on Monday after months of rocky relations with the Obama administration.