Tag Archives: Hamid Karzai
Photostream : Afghan President Hamid Karzai pays official visit to India
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Hamid Karzai hails Iran for contributing to Afghan security
June 14, 2012 Comments Off
(PRESS TV.IR) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai has praised Iran’s contributions to the establishment of peace and security in Afghanistan. Speaking in the opening of an international conference on Afghanistan on Thursday, President Karzai thanked “Afghanistan’s neighbors, in particular, the Islamic Republic of Iran, for contributing to the establishment of peace and security in […]
Read moreAfghan leader Karzai to meet Merkel in Berlin
May 11, 2012 Comments Off
BERLIN (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai will hold talks with Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on May 16 ahead of a NATO summit in the United States, Merkel’s spokesman said on Friday. Spokesman Steffen Seibert told a news conference that Merkel and Karzai would discuss preparations for the May 20-21 summit in Chicago and would sign a bilateral cooperation agreement. Germany […]
Read moreUS Army sergeant kills 16 in Afghan villages
March 12, 2012 Comments Off
BALANDI, Afghanistan (AP) — Moving from house to house, a U.S. Army sergeant opened fire Sunday on Afghan villagers as they slept, killing 16 people — mostly women and children — in an attack that reignited fury at the U.S. presence following a wave of deadly protests over Americans burning Qurans. The attack threatened […]
Read moreKarzai says Afghanistan joins Taliban peace talks: report
February 16, 2012 Comments Off
(Reuters) – The U.S. and Afghan governments have begun secret three-way talks with the Taliban, Afghan President Hamid Karzaitold The Wall Street Journal, in a move that could bolster U.S.-led efforts to convene fully fledged peace talks within months. Karzai’s government had previously been excluded from early, exploratory contacts between the Taliban and the United States, with the insurgents […]
Read moreBritain says Afghan withdrawal must be carefully phased
January 29, 2012 Comments Off
LONDON (Reuters) – Foreign troops must carefully phase their withdrawal from Afghanistan ahead of an end-2014 deadline,British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Saturday, after France suggested giving Afghan forces full responsibility for security in 2013. “I don’t want to see some sort of cliff edge in 2014 when all of the remaining troops come out at […]
Read moreKarzai meets Sarkozy as French threaten early pullout
January 27, 2012 Comments Off
PARIS (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai meets French President Nicolas Sarkozy later Friday hoping to convince Parisnot to accelerate its troop withdrawal and clinch a partnership agreement for post-2014. Sarkozy last week suspended all French training and support operations on the ground and sent his defense minister and armed forces chief to Kabul after four French soldiers were […]
Read moreAfghan President Hamid Karzai welcomes US remarks on Taliban
December 31, 2011 Comments Off
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday welcomed remarks from the Obama administration that the Taliban were not necessarily America’s enemies. Earlier this month, Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview with Newsweek magazine that the Islamist militants did not represent a threat to U.S. interests unless they continued to shelter al-Qaida. “Look, the […]
Read moreUS wants 2012 talks for Taliban political office
December 31, 2011 Comments Off
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration hopes to restore momentum in the spring to U.S. talks with the Talibaninsurgency that had reached a critical point before falling apart this month because of objections from Afghan President Hamid Karzai, U.S. and Afghan officials said. One goal of renewed talks with the insurgents would be to identify cease-fire […]
Read moreAfghan President back in Kabul after shrine attack
December 7, 2011 Comments Off
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai cut short a European trip and returned to Kabul on Wednesday to visit the scores of wounded and the bereaved families of those killed in an unprecedented sectarian assault on a Shiite shrine in the capital. A suicide bomber slaughtered 56 Shiite worshippers and wounded more than 160 others Tuesday outside a shrine where […]
Read moreAfghan President Karzai to visit Britain next week
December 2, 2011 Comments Off
AFGHANISTAN — Afghan President Hamid Karzai will visit Britain next week to sign astrategic partnership deal with London following a conference onAfghanistan’s future in Germany, his office said Friday. Karzai will meet Prime Minister David Cameron and Prince Charlesduring the two-day visit Tuesday and Wednesday, officials added. The strategic partnership agreement between Britain and Afghanistan will govern political and diplomatic relations between the […]
Read moreHamid Karzai seeks aid in Afghan fight against ‘terror’
November 2, 2011 Comments Off
ISTANBUL — Afghan President Hamid Karzai warned Wednesday that there would be no hope for peace in his war-ravaged nation without help from its neighbours to combat “terror groups”. “Terrorist networks are by far the major threat to Afghanistan’s security,” Karzai said at the opening of a global conference inIstanbul aimed at mapping out his country’s future. “They continue […]
Read moreAfghan guard in murder plot was not close to Karzai: statement
October 8, 2011 Comments Off
KABUL, October 8, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM / Reuters) – A man accused of being a key player in a plot to assassinate Afghan President Hamid Karzai was not a close bodyguard and did not have freedom of movement within the well-protected presidential palace complex, Karzai’s office said Saturday. Afghanistan’s intelligence agency, the National Directorate of Security (NDS), said Wednesday it had […]
Read moreAfghanistan Makes Arrests in Alleged Plot to Kill Karzai
October 6, 2011 Comments Off
KABUL, October 6, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM / WSJ) — Afghanistan’s intelligence service said it foiled a plot by the Pakistan-based Haqqani network and al Qaeda to assassinate President Hamid Karzai, who was on a surprise trip to India to bolster ties with Pakistan’s historic foe, The Wall Street Journal reported. A presidential bodyguard and five […]
Read moreAfghan Authorities Foil Alleged Karzai Assassination Plot
October 6, 2011 Comments Off
Afghanistan, October 6, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM / VOA) — A plot to assassinate Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been foiled, according to authorities in Afghanistan, VOA reported on Wednesday. The country’s intelligence agency said Wednesday they arrested six suspects, including some who allegedly receiving training in Pakistan’s North Waziristan tribal region. National Directorate of Security […]
Read moreThousands Mourn Assassination of Afghan President’s Half-Brother
July 13, 2011 Comments Off
AFGHANISTAN, July 13, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM / VOA) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai has joined thousands of mourners at the funeral of his half-brother, one day after he was assassinated by a longtime member of his own security team, VOA reported on Wednesday. President Karzai wept openly and kissed the face of Ahmad Wali Karzai […]
Read moreAfghan President Hamid Karzai attends funeral of slain brother
July 13, 2011 Comments Off
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, July 13, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM / AP) — Thousands of people gathered in southern Afghanistan to mourn the death of Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s powerful half brother, who was assassinated in his home by a close associate, The Associated Press reported. The president, joined by tribal leaders, government officials and others, attended a prayer service […]
Read morePhotostream : French President Nicolas Sarkozy visits Afghanistan
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Photostream : British Prime Minister David Cameron visits Afghanistan
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Afghan President in Pakistan for Talks
June 10, 2011 Comments Off
PAKISTAN, June 10, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM / VOA) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai is in Pakistan for talks on bilateral ties, in his first visit since terrorist leader Osama bin Laden was found and killed in Pakistan in a U.S. raid last month, VOA reported. Mr. Karzai is holding talks Friday and Saturday with […]
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