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Hamid Karzai

Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrives to lay down the foundation stone of housing project for vulnerable Afghans in Qasaba neighbourhood of Kabul on May 16, 2013. The project is being funded by the government of United Arab Emirates (UAE) at a cost USD 179 million. It will be built within three years and 111 residential blocks and 3333 apartments for underprivileged Afghans.

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  • NATO: 5 Americans killed in Afghanistan

    of the coalition have been killed so far this year including 32 Americans.The renewed violence came as Afghan President Hamid Karzai acknowledged that his government has been receiving funds from CIA for more than a decade as part of regular monthly assistance   Read more »

  • Ajami: Afghanistan teaches Americans how not to fight a war

    we have learned that you can't buy a warlord. You can only rent one. We owe this education to our man in Kabul , President Hamid Karzai .For more than a decade, it has been recently confirmed, U.S. dollars packed into suitcases, backpacks and plastic shopping   Read more »

  • Afghanistan's Karzai urges closure of Guantanamo

    -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday pressed for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay prison as President Barack Obama mulls a renewed push before a reluctant U.S. Congress ."I have from the very beginning been a very strong supporter for the closing   Read more »

  • Obama, Afghan president discuss security handover

    -- President Barack Obama has spoken by phone with Afghan President Hamid Karzai (HAH'-mihd KAHR'-zeye) and discussed progress toward handing over security operations to Afghan forces.The White House said the two leaders on Tuesday also discussed preparations   Read more »

  • Comandos de EEUU entregan distrito a los afganos

    dijo un mando de Estados Unidos.El retiro del distrito de Nirkh se debio a una exigencia del presidente afgano Hamid Karzai de que las fuerzas estadounidenses salieran del area debido a las denuncias de que sus contrapartes afganos cometieron violaciones a   Read more »

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About Hamid Karzai

Hamid Karzai (Pashto: حامد کرزي, Persian: حامد کرزی) (born 24 December 1957) is the current President of Afghanistan, since December 7, 2004. He became a prominent political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001. From December 2001, Hamid Karzai had been the Chairman of the Transitional Administration followed by the Interim President from 2002 until he won the 2004 Presidential election of Afghanistan. Karzai is known for his trademark Karakul hat.

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