Karzai tells elders there is no trust between Afghanistan and U.S.

    
Afghan President Hamid Karzai told a meeting of elders gathered in Kabul to debate a security deal with the United States on Thursday that he did not trust their ally, and it did not trust him.            
"My trust with America is not good. I don't trust them and they don't trust me. During the past 10 years I have fought with them and they have made propaganda against me," Karzai said.         
This as, Karzai said that President Barack Obama had sent him a letter of assurance that a security pact between the two countries was in Afghanistan's best interest.   
             
Karzai said that Obama promised that U.S. troops would only enter Afghan homes under exceptional circumstances, a request that Karzai has been reluctant to concede to and which held up negotiations until late on Wednesday.                 

The grand assembly of tribal elders and political leaders opened on Thursday to consider the security pact.                      


REUTERS