Afghan President Hamid Karzai said that Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) is not welcome in the country that has been the theatre for the longest war in the history of the United States.
In an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that aired Monday, Karzai said that Rohrbacher — the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Oversight and Investigation Subcommittee and a staunch critic of the Karzai government — must walk back previous statements if he ever wants to enter Afghanistan.
“Until he changes his tongue, until he shows respect to the Afghan people, to our way of life and to our constitution … No foreigner has a place asking another people, another country to change their constitution. Have we ever asked the United States to change its constitution?” Karzai told Blitzer.
Karzai was referring to Rohrbacher’s repeated calls for a more decentralized Afghan government.
