Night raids have been a matter of conflict between President Karzai and the NATO. At times when Mr. Karzai's deems night search, kill and capture operations as stepping over the honor of Afghans, the NATO believe such operations as pivotal to capture important members of Taliban, al-Qaida and Haqqani network.

The NATO will continue night raids but with more involvement from Afghan National Army (ANA). NATO spokesman Brig. Gen. Carsten Jacobson has said in an AP report that Afghan Special Forces now take part in nearly all night raids and their participation is constantly increasing.

The raids remain the safest form of operation to take out insurgent leaders, since they account for less than 1 percent of civilian casualties and in 85 percent of cases no shots are fired, he said. "President Karzai has asked foreign troops to (refrain) from entering Afghan homes and this is exactly where ... 'Afghanization' comes in," Jacobson said, referring to the gradual transfer of responsibility for security to the Afghan army and police.

What has been the demand of common Afghans is that the night search operations should be undertaken by Afghan forces. The Afghans forces are accustomed to the custom, culture and tradition of Afghans. They know how deal with local people without triggering their anger. Major participation of Afghan Special Forces in night raids should soothe the pain of Mr. Karzai up to great extent but he would be still demanding to stop such operations.

The growing participation of Afghan forces in operations against enemies is the indicator of growing capability of them. By the next spring, about 50 percent of Afghanistan will come under Afghan control and security responsibilities of all Afghanistan is expected to fall in the hand of Afghan army and police by the end of 2014.

At the same time, NATO Senior Civilian Representative Spokesperson, Dominic Medley has said that NATO's commitments to Afghanistan do not end with the completion of transition process. NATO and the ISAF partners will not leave the task undone. Such messages are quite important to address the concerns over the 2014 withdrawal of international troops.