Namun Karzai berjanji takkan membuat kesepakatan sandera lagi, dan mengatakan kesepakatannya bulan lalu untuk membebaskan seorang wartawan Italia dilakukan karena pemerintah Italia yang mengirim 1.800 prajurit ke Afghanistan mungkin saja ambruk.
Karzai however pledged to make no more hostage deals, saying that one he made last month to free an Italian journalist was because the Italian government which has 1,800 troops in Afghanistan could have collapsed.