"The people are tired of these things and apologies and condemnations are not healing any pain"

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday told General David Petraeus, the commander of US-led occupation troops in Afghanistan, that his apology after nine children were killed in a NATO air strike was "not enough," a statement from the Afghan presidency said.
  
Karzai made the comments during a cabinet meeting at which Petraeus was present. "The civilian casualties are a main cause of worsening the relationships between Afghanistan and the US," the statement quoted Karzai as saying. "The people are tired of these things and apologies and condemnations are not healing any pain. "On behalf of the people of Afghanistan I want you to stop the killings of civilians."
 
 The nine children were killed on Tuesday in an air raid carried out by coalition helicopters in the eastern province of Kunar. NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said the children were mistaken for “rebels”.