Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered the Afghan military to stop requesting air strikes from the U.S.-led NATO occupation force on residential areas. Karzai unveiled the ban just days after a U.S. air strike killed 10 civilians, including four children, in Kunar province.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai: “In the district of Kunar, foreigners and our Afghan national directorate of security forces carried out an operation and bombarded a village. They killed 14 people, including women, men and children. Tomorrow, I will issue a decree stating that under no conditions can Afghan forces request foreign air strikes on Afghan homes or Afghan villages during operations.”