Washington ( CNN ) -- Coalition troops in Afghanistan have been issued revised guidelines for conducting night raids , an official from NATO 's International Security Assistance Force said Friday . The raids are considered effective tools to rout insurgents , but they have angered Afghan civilians and government officials . The new directive is meant to underscore the need to coordinate raids with the Afghan government and inform civilians about the reasons for the operation , the ISAF official said . The guidelines stem from the repeated concerns of President Hamid Karzai . Such raids have been considered major intrusions into Afghan lives . The new directive underscores the `` importance of prior coordination with the Afghan government , '' the source said . `` The Afghan government has long had input into operations , but they have expanded the coordination in recent months through the establishment of a command center located within the Presidential Palace grounds in Kabul , '' the source said . Family and village elders need to know where they can get information about detained people and there must be accurate accounting for items seized in night raids . `` Under the previous night raid directive , Afghans military officials were involved in the coordination and approval of night raids , but Gen. David Petraeus has made clear that his intent is to have night raids conducted with even greater care and preparation throughout the country , '' the source said , referring to the top coalition military official in Afghanistan . The source said it has been policy to have the participation of Afghan troops as the norm . Afghan forces have been the first to enter a compound or residence . `` Whenever possible , Afghan forces conduct the callout with a loudspeaker in either Dari or Pashtu in an attempt to capture targeted individuals without violence . These efforts have been very successful -- the overwhelming majority of these operations ( 80+ % of the time recently ) are conducted with no shots fired , '' the source said . The source said all of the measures have been devised `` to reduce the possibility of unnecessary violence , create more transparency , and minimize the impact on people who are not involved in insurgent activity . ''
Such operations have angered Afghans . The directive calls for better coordination with Afghans , an ISAF official says . This is a sensitive cultural issue in Afghanistan .