Not surprisingly, the Taliban have ignored Karzai's protests. "3rd 'Turban bomb' attack rocks southern Helmand province," by Matt Dupee for the Long War Journal, August 20:

For the third time this summer, a Taliban suicide bomber with an explosive device hidden within his traditional Afghan headdress detonated at an Afghan government center. The Friday attack occurred during a ceremony marking Afghanistan's Independence Day held at the Helmand Military Corps Center. Three Afghan National Policemen were wounded in the attack.

The Taliban-led insurgency is... http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/08/afghanistan-third-taliban-suicide-bomb...