Afghan President Hamid Karzai has renewed calls for the U.S. to end night raids on Afghan homes. Karzai said a halt to the raids would be a precondition for any new military deal with his government.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai: “We want a strategic partnership but with specific conditions: our national integrity, no night raids, no house searches. They must not have their own prisons on our soil. This is our country. The prisons here must be under the control of our Ministry of Interior and Justice. If they want military partnership, we are ready to give them. That is in our national interest. Their military establishment will put in money and training of our soldiers. We are ready to sign the agreement, if they accept these conditions.”