The government of President Hamid Karzai has vowed to challenge the final results of the parliamentary elections, even though they have been endorsed by international officials. The results of the September election indicate that warlords and other power brokers would dominate the 249-seat lower house of Parliament. According to a New York Times analysis, Karzai [...]
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Karzai, Petraeus ‘agree’ on Special Forces raids in Afghanistan
November 19th, 2010 |
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai and US commander General David Petraeus had a one-hour long meeting to discuss the former”s call for US forces to leave the country by 2011. The two reached an agreement that Special Forces raids, which the president had earlier said should end, can continue in Afghanistan, the BBC reported. Throughout their [...]
Karzai wants Pak, US “to do more†on insurgent sanctuaries
November 15th, 2010 |
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Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has said that he wants the Pakistan government and the United States “to do more†on the insurgent sanctuaries in Pakistan. When asked what should be done by the United States to address the sanctuaries in Pakistan, Karzai said: “Sanctuaries (are) a problem. A serious problem. For Afghanistan, now also for [...]
Karzai reacts to U.S.-Russia drug operation
October 30th, 2010 |
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai has demanded an explanation from NATO’s command in Afghanistan for a counternarcotics raid, RFE/RL reports. He said it was carried out by the United States and Russia without his government’s permission.
Karzai confirms contact with Taliban
October 12th, 2010 |
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai has confirmed reports that his government has been holding talks with the Taliban.
The U.S. envoy to the region, Richard Holbrooke, said the United States supports the Afghan government’s continuing contact with the Taliban.
Karzai reaches out to Taliban
October 8th, 2010 |
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai used the anniversary of the start of the war in Afghanistan to open the inaugural session of a peace council. VOA reports that the council was appointed to help reconcile with the Taliban and other militant groups.
Karzai: Afghan war strategy ineffective
August 31st, 2010 |
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai has again harshly criticized coalition strategy for fighting Afghanistan’s stubborn insurgency. President Karzai said in a meeting Sunday with the visiting German Parliament speaker Norbert Lammer the current strategy has been “ineffective” and has not achieved anything other than “killing civilians.”
Karzai: No formal peace process with Taliban
August 23rd, 2010 |
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said there are no formal peace talks between his government and the Taliban, RFE/RL reports. However he admitted to “individual contacts” with the hard-line Islamic group.
Clinton, Karzai, hail results of dialogue
May 14th, 2010 |
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Afghan President Hamid Karzai Thursday hailed the results of this week’s ministerial-level U.S.-Afghan dialogue Mr. Karzai says it produced agreements including one for the transfer of allied-run military detention centers in his country to Afghan control.
Karzai told of Obama visit one hour before touchdown
March 29th, 2010 |
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US President Barack Obama’s visit to Kabul was shrouded in secrecy and even Afghan President Hamid Karzai was informed about his visit barely an hour before he arrived, a media report said Monday.
Karzai was notified about the visit just an hour before he arrived, Daily Mail quoted the White House as saying.
Obama Sunday made his [...]
Karzai to seek removal of Taliban from UN blacklist
January 26th, 2010 |
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai said he will press for Taliban names to be removed from a UN blacklist, as peace overtures intensified Monday heading into a London conference. The Afghan leader will win backing from world powers at the conference on Thursday for his plan to offer money and
Karzai says US never gave Afghans ‘blank cheque’
January 13th, 2010 |
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai denied on Tuesday the United States had ever given his country a “blank check” but said he was grateful for the “little money” sent by Washington to Afghanistan. In an interview with ABC News, Karzai was asked how he felt when he heard US President Barack
Brown in Kandahar for talks with Karzai
December 13th, 2009 |
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U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown is on a surprise visit to Afghanistan where he is holding talks with President Hamid Karzai in Kandahar. Brown – who has also been meeting British troops and inspecting equipment – wants the Afghan government to play a bigger part in controlling the country’s security apparatus.
Karzai sworn in for second term
November 19th, 2009 |
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai was sworn in for a second term on Thursday, straining under Western pressure to eradicate corruption and restore legitimacy as a US-led war stretches into a ninth year. Karzai took the oath of office with a Taliban insurgency killing record numbers of Western
Abdullah says Karzai re-election ‘illegal’
November 4th, 2009 |
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Former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah, who quit Afghanistan’s troubled presidential election race this week, charged Wednesday that his rival Hamid Karzai’s re-election had “no legal basis”. Abdullah, who pulled out of a run-off poll scheduled after more than a million votes cast in the
Obama congratulates Karzai, asks him to improve governance
November 3rd, 2009 |
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US President Barack Obama congratulated Hamid Karzai on his re-election as President of Afghanistan and asked him to improve governance, besides eradicating corruption.
Congratulating Karzai over telephone on his re-election on Tuesday, Obama told the Afghan leader that his administration needs to be more serious in its efforts to eradicate corruption.
Later, Obama said that Karzai assured [...]
Karzai readies for second term as Afghan president
November 3rd, 2009 |
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President Hamid Karzai prepared for a second term of office on Tuesday with US President Barack Obama telling him to wipe out corruption and world leaders urging him to unify Afghanistan. Karzai was declared president for another five years after the cancellation of a run-off by the
Afghan leader’s brother on CIA payroll: report
October 28th, 2009 |
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Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of the embattled Afghan president and a suspected drug trafficker, has been on the CIA payroll for most of the past eight years, The New York Times reported on Tuesday. The US spy agency pays Karzai for a variety of services, the newspaper said, such as
Fate of Hamid Karzai to be decided today
October 20th, 2009 |
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Fate of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai will be decided on Tuesday as Independent Electoral Commission will announce final results of the Presidential elections.
Election Commission has assessed the UN backed Electoral Complaints Commission’s findings and used them to recalculate its original tallies for the poll.
The heavily disputed 20th August vote has fanned tension between Afghanistan President [...]