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Lisbon (AFP) Nov 18, 2010 Afghan President Hamid Karzai landed in Lisbon on Thursday for a NATO summit that will endorse his ambition of giving Afghan forces control of the war by 2014. Karzai, who cricitised US forces' night raids on Afghan homes in an interview published at the weekend, will meet with Western leaders including US President Barack Obama during the two-day summit starting Friday. Leaders of the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan will give approval Saturday for the handover of security responsibility to Afghan forces to start early next year, with the aim of giving them full control by 2014.
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