As he warned that attacks against Afghan forces were increasing, President Hamid Karzai admitted that neither the local forces, nor the international occupation troops could bring security to the country.

As he warned that attacks against Afghan forces were increasing, President Hamid Karzai admitted that neither the local forces, nor the international occupation troops could bring security to the country.

Speaking to a special session of parliament, Karzai said:  “I have noticed that these days, in the past one, two or three months, attacks on our soldiers, police and intelligence officers have increased.”

Karzai remarks comes a day after a Taliban suicide attack on a joint Afghan-US patrol that killed 21 people in the east.
"Every day we have at least 20 to 25 casualties, every day at least 20 to 25 of our youths are making the sacrifice for this country and are being killed," he added.

Karzai admitted his government and its Western allies had failed to bring peace to Afghanistan, saying "our land has not been secured, our homes, our people are not safe".
"Neither the Afghan government nor the international forces fighting terrorism here could bring security," he said.

But the president, who is due to step down from power in 2014, vowed to do whatever it took to strengthen its defences.
"Afghanistan will eat grass but will build its security forces, with or without foreign money," he said.