The United States sought access to military bases in Afghanistan for strategic purposes, Karzai said in an interview with India Today.
"In a way it will help Afghanistan because we want to rely on our own forces and defend our country ourselves,” the former president commented.
He opined the US forces would not exit the country if they had to surrender the bases they had access to in Afghanistan.
"We are a strategically located country. Definitely, one of the main reasons . . .
