The Obama administration is locked in a new public dispute with Afghan President Hamid Karzai following Karzai’s latest criticism of the U.S.-led occupation. In an interview with the Washington Post, Karzai urged the United States to “reduce military operations” and end what he called “terrible” night raids on Afghan homes. Karzai added, “The raids are a problem always … They have to go away.” Karzai says the United States should shift from a military focus to civilian efforts in order to reduce its “intrusiveness” into daily Afghan life. U.S. officials said the top NATO commander in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus, expressed “astonishment and disappointment” with Karzai’s remarks, which he said could make U.S. plans “untenable.” The row over Karzai’s comments comes just as the Obama administration prepares to announce it’s extending a conditional deadline for withdrawing troops by three years to 2014. The New York Times reports the plan will be modeled after Iraq, with Afghan forces receiving nominal control in some areas within the next two years. As with the 2011 date, the 2014 deadline won’t be binding and could be extended. In other Afghan war news, at least seven NATO troops were killed in attacks on Sunday, the deadliest day for the U.S.-led occupation force in a month.