Tag: Karzai
Karzai in India amid shifting South Asia ties
Afghanistan and India are set to forge closer ties Tuesday as Hamid Karzai visits New Delhi during a highly unstable time in South Asia.
The...
Karzai to hold jirga to decide peace strategy
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Monday that he planned to hold a traditional assembly, or loya jirga, to decide the country’s peace strategy...
Don’t play into hands of anti-Afghan forces, Gilani warns Karzai
Prime Minister (PM) Yousaf Raza Gilani warned Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday against playing into the hands of certain forces that were not...
Rabbani killer was Pakistani: Karzai’s office
The killer of Afghan peace envoy Burhanuddin Rabbani was Pakistani, a statement from Afghanistan's presidential palace said Sunday, quoting investigators.
Evidence shows that Rabbani's death...
Karzai renews peace pledge at Rabbani’s funeral
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday vowed to persevere with efforts to broker peace with the Taliban as he led thousands of mourners at...
Karzai endorses ruling on Afghan poll row
President Hamid Karzai on Thursday backed a decision by Afghan election authorities to kick nine lawmakers out of parliament in a bid to end...
Karzai tells commission to resolve poll row
President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday handed authority for resolving a lingering dispute over last year’s fraud-hit Afghan parliamentary elections to the Independent Election Commission...
Karzai asks clerics to campaign against turban bombs
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has asked the country's religious elders to use their influence to sway Islamist insurgents not to use turbans to hide...
Pressure building on Karzai to hold grand jirga
Since Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s announcement to convene a meeting of the traditional Loya Jirga to discuss and decide the terms for US forces...
Zardari, Karzai united against terrorism
President Asif Ali Zardari and Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday resolved to continue the fight against terrorism and extremism until the restoration of...
Zardari, Karzai firm on continuing efforts to ensure regional peace
President Asif Ali Zardari and Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday reiterated to continue the ongoing fight against terrorism and extremism till the restoration...
ANP delegation condoles Wali Karzai’s death
A delegation of Awami National Party (ANP), headed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Information and Culture Mian Iftikhar Hussain, visited Peshawar-based Afghan Consulate General...
4 killed in suicide attach at memorial for Karzai’s brother
A suicide attack on Thursday struck memorial prayers for the assassinated half-brother of the Afghan president, killing four people including a senior cleric, officials...
Two blasts heard in Kandahar after Karzai buries brother
Two explosions were heard in Kandahar city by a Reuters witness on Wednesday shortly after Afghan President Hamid Karzai buried his assassinated brother in...
Karzai’s brother assassinated by bodyguard
Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s younger brother, the government’s key powerbroker in the south of the country, was assassinated on Tuesday, depriving NATO of a...
Taliban claim assassination of Karzai’s brother
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the assassination of President Hamid Karzai's younger brother on Tuesday, calling it "one of our biggest achievements" in nearly...
Gilani calls Karzai, discusses border situation
Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani telephoned Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and expressed Pakistan’s serious concern over the activities of the militants along the...
