Kabul , Afghanistan ( CNN ) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai warned Tuesday that any future NATO airstrikes that kill civilians will be considered attacks against the Afghan people . The statement came three days after an airstrike killed 14 civilians in southern Afghanistan , according to Afghan officials . `` This is my last warning to the NATO forces : No more attacks on the homes of Afghans will be allowed , '' Karzai told reporters . `` If they continue such operations to kill civilians , international forces will change to a force who is not fighting against terrorists but fighting against Afghan people . '' Army Gen. David Petraeus , commander of NATO-led troops in Afghanistan , joined two other generals in offering `` sincere apologies '' Monday for the airstrike that killed nine civilians in Helmand province . There was no immediate explanation for the disparity between this figure and Karzai 's account of 14 killed : 10 children , two women and two men . Maj. Gen. John Toolan , head of NATO 's International Security Assistance Force command in southwest Afghanistan , pleaded with Afghans to not only forgive , but to also work with coalition forces in hopes of bolstering their security . `` I offer our heartfelt apologies to the families and friends of those killed , '' Toolan said in a statement . `` I ask that the Afghan people continue to trust and assist their security forces , so that together we can stop the senseless killing brought upon us by an enemy who wants to exploit the Afghan people through fear and violence . '' Karzai said Tuesday that the international community has turned the war against terrorism into political objectives . `` They seek their own interest and played politics , '' Karzai said . `` ... If they were fighting against terrorism as the Afghans were honestly advising them , if they were focusing ( on ) the terrorism sanctuaries ... this war would have been more successful . ''
Hamid Karzai says attacks by international forces on Afghan houses will not be tolerated . The president also said he would ask the U.S. to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan at a meeting with President Barack Obama in Washington next week. A NATO military leader apologizes for the attack , which he says killed nine civilians .