With the resurgence of Taliban in his country, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has sought to put the blame for it on the international community, saying it did not focus on "sanctuaries of terrorists" despite warnings in this regard since 2003. He also sounded critical of the international forces in Afghanistan, saying local people in some areas were troubled by the arrest and searches of their homes by "foreign forces" and wanted an end to these.  Karzai also expressed readiness to reach out to Taliban's supreme leader Mullah Omar, saying he would talk to him if he abandons violence and regrets what he has done. "... the International community did not concentrate on the sanctuaries of the terrorists. There was a serious neglect of that in spite of our warning right from 2003, especially from 2004," Karzai told Karan Thapar's 'India Tonight' programme on CNBC, adding that is "causing us the trouble today". Asked why the International Stabilisation Forces of Afghanistan were not targeting the "safe sanctuaries", he said it may be because the foreign countries still are "on the road of 1980s, when we were fighting the Soviet. In other words, may be they are still looking at Afghan from a different perspective.... That perhaps is hindering the allies from going to the sanctuaries." He added: "My advice to them and our partners in international community would be that there is no way in which we can win the war against terrorism unless and until Afghan is viewed as a sovereign state with a territory, with interests and detached from other interests of our views that some of our partners have in this region."