Karzai demands Obama end civilian deaths

By Noor Khan and Jason Straziuso
ASSOCIATED PRESS

11:50 a.m. November 5, 2008

WECH BAGHTU, Afghanistan – The Afghan president congratulated Barack Obama and called on him Wednesday to halt civilian casualties as villagers said U.S. warplanes bombed a wedding party, killing 37 people – most of them children. President Hamid Karzai said airstrikes cannot win the fight against terrorism.

“Our demand is that there will be no civilian casualties in Afghanistan. We cannot win the fight against terrorism with airstrikes,â€