"I do not see much hope for the future if we have the same diplomacy pursued by America and then Karzai reacting to it."

Reuters/ here

"U.S. President Barack Obama is sending more troops to Afghanistan to win the war, but if the plan is going to work, his administration needs to fix its relationship with President Hamid Karzai....

Western countries lament what they describe as the rampant corruption and ineffectiveness of Karzai's government, and his alliances with former warlords to shore up political power...... For his part, Karzai accuses the West of doing too little in the past to prevent civilian casualties, stoking corruption by mismanaging billions of dollars in aid, and bullying him to sideline warlords without understanding political realities.

....... if the two sides are to work together in an ever bigger war against Taliban militants, they are both going to have to work harder to get along....

Shukriya Barakzai, a woman parliamentarian, said the failure of Kabul and the White House to stop trading accusations would embolden not only the Taliban, but also Washington's regional rivals such as Iran, China and Russia..."