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Karzai to visit Pakistan on August 26
Afghan President Hamid Karzai will visit Pakistan on August 26 for a one-day trip.
This will be his first visit since Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif...
Karzai decree takes Afghanistan closer to polls
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday approved a second law designed to pave the way for smooth transition of power in Afghanistan next year,...
Kerry pacifies Karzai over Taliban office
US Secretary of State John Kerry called Afghan President Hamid Karzai twice in the past 24 hours to ease his anger over the way...
Afghanistan to kick off Taliban peace talks in Qatar: Karzai
Afghanistan will send a team to Qatar for peace talks with the Taliban, President Hamid Karzai said on Tuesday, as the US-led NATO coalition...
Karzai’s office receives bags full of CIA cash: NYT
For more than a decade, the United States has been pouring millions of dollars into the offices of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, but there...
Karzai attends OIC after signing Norway Pact
Afghan President Hamid Karzai signed a long term strategic agreement with Norway before flying to Egypt to attend the Islamic summit.
The agreement signed...
Afghan grand jirga to decide on immunity for US troops
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday linked immunity for American troops to a grand jirga decision, warning the bilateral security agreement (BSA) would not...
‘High time Afghans take over security’
With the war in Afghanistan winding down after 11 years, US President Barack Obama has said that the time is right for US forces...
Won’t let Afghanistan soil be used by terrorists: Karzai
Visiting Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday assured the US that with a strong security force, Afghanistan would not be threatened by terrorists from...
US not seeking to control Afghanistan beyond 2014: White House
Ahead of President Barack Obama’s talks this week with President Hamid Karzai on post-2014 American engagement with Afghanistan, the White House has said the...
Obama, Karzai to discuss post-2014 engagement as White House mulls fewer...
On the eve of Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s visit to Washington on Monday, American officials said the White House was considering keeping a force...
Karzai’s allegations may bottleneck Pak-Afghan progress
Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s claim that the failed suicide bombing that injured his intelligence chief Asadullah Khalid was planned in Quetta may affect the...
US refusal to hand over Afghan detainees a ‘serious breach’ of...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is calling the United States’ refusal to hand over an undisclosed number of detainees a breach of an agreement that...
Karzai wants war on terror taken to Taliban sanctuaries in Pakistan
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said the war on terror did not need to be fought in Afghanistan but in the sanctuaries in Pakistan...
Karzai condemns attack on teenage education activist
Afghan President Hamid Karzai wrote letters to top political and religious leaders in Pakistan, denouncing the Taliban attack on a Pakistani teenager who promoted...
Minister accused of abuse to become Afghan spy chief
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has nominated a cabinet minister to head the country’s spy agency who has been accused of involvement in torture, drug-trafficking...
Afghan officials held secret talks with Baradar in Pakistan
Afghan officials have held secret talks with Taliban’s former second in command who is in detention in Pakistan in a move that could help...
