Hamid Karzai

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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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• Afghanistan's arms supply request to be considered

  of Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s twelfth visit to India, New Delhi on Saturday said that it was ready to consider Kabul’s request for supply of weapons, but insisted that the issue should be discussed at the Strategic Partnership Council set up by the two 5/18/13 from Deccan Herald Read more »

• Afghanistan's parliament fails to pass women's rights legislation

  /AFP/Getty Images) What do you think? Afghanistan's parliament has blocked women's rights legislation approved by President Hamid Karzai in 2009, claiming that it is un-Islamic. However, religious-minded MPs have objected to at least eight of the legislation's 5/18/13 from Global Post Read more »

• Police Officers Are Targets in Wave of Afghan Violence

  and six civilians were killed by two car bombs in a Kandahar city development owned by Mahmoud Karzai, President Hamid Karzai ’s brother. Meanwhile, an explosion on Saturday morning in Khost, in eastern Afghanistan, killed at least one border policeman while 5/18/13 from The New York Times Read more »

• Europe’s “Little Guantanamo”: Why The U.S. Wants Serbia To Give Up Kosovo

  – but after the bulk, at one time 152,000 US and other NATO troops, in Afghanistan are withdrawn, according to President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan the US has clearly indicated to him, I think the word “demanded” would not be too strong a word, that the US 5/18/13 from Global Research Read more »

• Afghan women's rights debate put on hold amid bickering

  The law banning violence against women, child marriages and forced marriages was passed by decree in 2009 by President Hamid Karzai without parliamentary approval. It has been opened up to debate for parliamentary backing, a move that has split women activists 5/18/13 from United Press International Read more »