Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Tuesday NATO air strikes on people’s homes in pursuit of Taliban insurgents were no longer allowed.
At least nine people, including women and children, were killed in an NATO attack in southern Helmand on Sunday.
"From this moment, air strikes on the houses of people are not allowed," Karzai told a news conference.
“If after the Afghan government said the aerial bombing of Afghan houses is banned and if it continues, then their presence will change from a war against terrorism to an occupying force,” he said.
NATO has said such strikes are only carried out with Afghan government approval.
KABUL, May 31 (RIA Novosti)
