Afghanistan President Mr. Hamid Karzai has said that the United States and its allies still have a long way to go before their security operations are successful in his country. Mr. Karzai wrote in a newspaper article before his next week US visit that Afghanistan and its partners have traveled far together, but the international efforts are not yet delivering security to large portions of the country. <br/> <br/>The Afghan President said he had consistently noted the urgency of addressing the problem of sanctuaries that Taliban and other militants receive beyond Afghanistan's borders and that this problem was far from solved. He said ending night raids and house searches, as well as transferring control of detention facilities on their soil to Afghans will go a long way in achieving success. The President noted that civilian casualties in the war were harming the anti-insurgent efforts while acknowledging that the top US military commander in the country, General Stanley McChrystal, had done a lot to address the problem. Mr. Karzai is scheduled to leave for US on Monday during which he will meet US President Barack Obama. <br/>