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AP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday condemned a video depicting what appears to be four U.S. Marines urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai visited the city of Kandahar Sunday to rally public support for a NATO-led operation aimed at restoring government authority in the spiritual center of the Taliban insurgency.

Karzai's speech revealed subtle changes in the way the authorities are viewing the operation.

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Relations between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the international coalition seeking to secure and rebuild his country are rocky these days.

But some Karzai critics say it's not just the president who is to blame for why things have turned sour.

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The emerging consensus in Afghanistan is that military action alone will not win the war against the Taliban and a political solution will be necessary.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has reached out to some Taliban leaders. But analysts say the Taliban and the U.S. are not ready for full-scale negotiations — yet.

When the main challenger to Afghan President Hamid Karzai dropped out of a planned runoff, it did more than end two months of election disputes.

According to Sen. John Kerry, it also gives Karzai a chance to prove his legitimacy — and to become a stronger ally to America.

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