Karzai vows no more NATO air strikes on houses

ANGERED by civilian casualties, Afghan president Hamid Karzai said he will no longer allow NATO air strikes on houses.

It is his strongest statement yet against strikes that the military alliance says are key to its war on Taliban insurgents.

The remarks follow a recent strike which mistakenly killed a group of children and women in southern Helmand province. He said it would be the last.