Karzai: US failed to consult Afghans on airstrike
By HEIDI VOGT and RAHIM FAIEZBy HEIDI VOGT and RAHIM FAIEZ, Associated Press?
?Afghan villagers gather near a house destroyed in an apparent NATO raid in Logar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, June, 6, 2012. Afghan officials and residents say a pre-dawn NATO airstrike aimed at militants in eastern Afghanistan killed civilians celebrating a wedding, including women and children. (AP Photo/Ihsanullah Majroh)
Afghan villagers gather near a house destroyed in an apparent NATO raid in Logar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, June, 6, 2012. Afghan officials and residents say a pre-dawn NATO airstrike aimed at militants in eastern Afghanistan killed civilians celebrating a wedding, including women and children. (AP Photo/Ihsanullah Majroh)
Elderly Afghan men sit with the covered bodies of three children killed in an apparent NATO raid in Logar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, June, 6, 2012. Afghan officials and residents say a pre-dawn NATO airstrike aimed at militants in eastern Afghanistan killed civilians celebrating a wedding, including women and children. (AP Photo/Ihsanullah Majroh)
The commander of US and NATO troops in Afghanistan, US Marine Lt. General John Allen, center, meets with the Governor of Logar Province, Allhaj Mohammad Tahir Sabari, left, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, June, 8, 2012. Lt. General Allen apologized Friday for civilian deaths in a coalition airstrike earlier this week, the first confirmation by NATO forces that civilians were killed in the operation. (AP Photo/Deb Riechmannc)
The Commander of US and NATO troops in Afghanistan, US Marine Lt. General John Allen, center right, walks with Governor of Logar Province, Allhaj Mohammad Tahir Sabari, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, June, 8, 2012. Lt. General Allen apologized Friday for civilian deaths in a coalition airstrike earlier this week, the first confirmation by NATO forces that civilians were killed in the operation. (AP Photo/Deb Riechmann)
Afghan villagers gather at a house destroyed in an apparent NATO raid in Logar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, June, 6, 2012. Afghan officials and residents say a pre-dawn NATO airstrike aimed at militants in eastern Afghanistan killed civilians celebrating a wedding, including women and children. (AP Photo/Ihsanullah Majroh)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ? The Afghan leader says the United States failed to consult Afghan forces when calling in an airstrike this week that killed civilians.
President Hamid Karzai also warned his government will in the future consider any such actions as violating a pact signed between Afghanistan and the United States.
Karzai's comments were relayed to the media by the president's spokesman, Aimal Faizi.
Faizi says Karzai met with Afghan investigators on Saturday and concluded that the airstrike was a "one-sided decision" by U.S. troops.
A memorandum of understanding between the U.S. and Afghanistan states that the Afghans should be in charge of special operations.
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