KARZAI HAS LOST FAITH IN U.S. STRATEGY

"... President Hamid Karzai has lost faith in the US strategy in Afghanistan and is increasingly looking to Pakistan to end the insurgency... because Karzai believes Nato is unable to deal with insurgent sanctuaries on the eastern border, he is looking for an alternative strategy: rather than use western support to "harden" Afghanistan against its neighbour, he is instead striking a less robust attitude to Pakistan and the Taliban..."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/09/afghanistan-taliban-us-hamid-karzai