“The strategy excludes bringing peace and prosperity to Afghanistan and is focused on more war and rivalry in the region,” former Afghan President Hamid Karzai tweeted in a three-part message. | Rahmat Gul/AP Ex-Afghan President Karzai slams Trump's Afghanistan plan

Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai tweeted Tuesday that he “very strongly” opposes President Donald Trump’s new approach in Afghanistan, a war that is now almost 17 years old.

“The strategy excludes bringing peace and prosperity to Afghanistan and is focused on more war and rivalry in the region,” Karzai tweeted in a three-part message. “U.S. must seek peace and stability in Afghanistan rather than extending conflict and bloodshed in #Afghanistan and the region."


Karzai has previously expressed his discontent with American military actions since January.

Trump on Monday night promised to increase U.S. troops in Afghanistan — without specifying the amount — while promising to win the conflict.

“Our troops will fight to win — we will fight to win,” Trump said to a crowd in Arlington, Virginia. “A hasty withdrawal would create a vacuum for terrorists, including ISIS and Al Qaeda, would instantly fill just as happened before Sept. 11. And as we know, in 2011, America hastily and mistakenly withdrew from Iraq.”

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Trump previously tweeted six times about the Afghan leader, which were all sent from 2012 to 2014, when multiple scandals and controversies about Karzai arose.

Under his leadership at that time, Karzai pardoned dozens of child suicide bombers who later attempted to detonate suicide bombs again, let electoral fraud run rampant, forged Taliban connections and mixed personal interests with his leadership.

According to The New York Times report that uncovered the covert relationship, the U.S. funded him with “tens of millions of dollars” in an underground deal to influence the Afghanistan government.

“Afghan Leader Karzai has received tens of millions of dollars IN CASH from the U.S. Government- how stupidly is our Country being run?” Trump asked on April 29, 2013 and in a Feb. 13, 2014 tweet continued criticizing the former president. “Do you believe the way Karzai talks down to the United States — zero respect!"