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The meetings in Islamabad come at a time when momentum for peace talks with the Taliban seems to be growing, even as all parties to a stuttering process marked by intense mistrust say success in ending the 10-year war in Afghanistan is far from certain.
Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and discussed ways to expand relations, economic ties and cooperation. Karzai’s trip comes weeks after the US acknowledged that it has held discussions about opening a Taliban liaison office in Qatar. ...
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (centre L) and Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani (centre R) talk during their meeting with their delegations at the prime minister's residence in Islamabad February 16, 2012. Afghan President Hamid Karzai... View Photo »
Whoever prevents the polio vaccination is the enemy of our children's future
PAKISTAN - The prospect of talks with the Taliban inched closer Thursday when the leaders of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran met to explore ways of pushing the peace process forward. The two-day trilateral meeting hosted by Pakistani President Asif Ali...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai, in an interview published Thursday by The Wall Street Journal, said talks among the US, the Afghan government and the Taliban had taken place in the last month. However, a Taliban spokesman denied that such three-way...
Lalit K Jha Washington, Feb 17 (PTI) Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has made some "very positive" statements on peace talks with the Taliban, the US said. "I don''t think that''s helpful. What we do want to emphasise is that he''s now quite publicly...
Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani (R) greets Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad before their meeting at the prime minister's residence in Islamabad February 16, 2012. Afghan President Hamid Karzai sought Pakistan's support on Thursday for... View Photo »
Once President Karzai chooses to grant her clemency, which I am very confident of, that will... set precedent and will show his support for the Elimination of Violence against Women act and his support for Afghan women.
It is the Iranian premier's first public outing after he revealed his country's nuclear might live on television on Wednesday. The trilateral summit is also being attended by Afghan President Hamid Karzai who arrived on Thursday. The summit will focus...
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... Full Article
Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (L) talks with Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani at the prime minister's residence in Islamabad February 16, 2012.
View Photo »Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai and Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani (R) chat at the Prime Minister's House in Islamabad on February 16, 2012. Pakistan on February 16 welcomed the leaders of Afghanistan and Iran for a regional summit at a key juncture in peace efforts...
View Photo »Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (front) is escorted by Afghan officials as he walks down from his plane at a military base in Rawalpindi February 16, 2012.
View Photo »Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, arrives with Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani at the prime minister's house in Islamabad, Pakistan for bilateral talks on Thursday, Feb 16, 2012. Karzai has arrived in Pakistan for talks on how Islamabad can facilitate peace negotiations...
View Photo »Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, shakes hands with Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani at Prime Minister House in Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. Karzai arrived in Pakistan for talks on how Islamabad can facilitate peace negotiations with the Afghan Taliban.
View Photo »Afghan President Hamid Karzai, center being invited for talks with Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani at the prime minister's house in Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday, Feb 16, 2012. Afghan's president appealed for Pakistan's help on Thursday in negotiating a peace deal with...
View Photo »Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (centre L) and Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani (centre R) talk during their meeting with their delegations at the prime minister's residence in Islamabad February 16, 2012. Afghan President Hamid Karzai sought Pakistan's support on...
View Photo »Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani (R) greets Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad before their meeting at the prime minister's residence in Islamabad February 16, 2012. Afghan President Hamid Karzai sought Pakistan's support on Thursday for advancing the reconciliation process...
View Photo »Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani (R) and Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad shake hands for photographers before their meeting at the prime minister's residence in Islamabad February 16, 2012. Afghan President Hamid Karzai sought Pakistan's support on Thursday for advancing...
View Photo »A man walks past pictures of, from left, Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad and Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari, displayed outside the Parliament in Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday, Feb 16, 2012. The...
View Photo »Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani (R) shows Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai the way to a photo opportunity before their meeting at the prime minister's residence in Islamabad February 16, 2012.
View Photo »Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani (R) and Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai shake hands for photographers before their meeting at the prime minister's residence in Islamabad February 16, 2012. Pictured in the background is a picture of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
View Photo »ELLESBOROUGH, UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 28: British Prime Minister David Cameron (L) and Afghan President Hamid Karzai sign an Enduring Strategic Partnership agreement at the Prime Minister's country residence of Chequers on January 28, 2012 in Ellesborough, England. President Karzai...
View Photo »ELLESBOROUGH, UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 28: British Prime Minister David Cameron (L) speaks during a press conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the Prime Minister's country residence of Chequers on January 28, 2012 in Ellesborough, England. President Karzai thanked Britain...
View Photo »British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during a press conference with President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan after signing an agreement which aims to achieve the goal set in 2010 of establishing a new framework for the relationship between Britain and Afghanistan at the Prime Minister's...
View Photo »British Prime Minister David Cameron (L) and President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan sign an agreement which aims to achieve the goal set in 2010 of establishing a new framework for the relationship between Britain and Afghanistan at the Prime Minister's country residence of Chequers, west...
View Photo »British Air Commodore Mike Wigston talks during a press conference in Kabul on February 15, 2012. The US-led NATO force in Afghanistan on February 15 conceded that eight young men were killed during a recent air strike but insisted they were armed teenagers who posed a 'threat' to...
View Photo »British Air Commodore Mike Wigston (R) talks during a press conference as General Boone International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) communication director looks in Kabul on February 15, 2012. The US-led NATO force in Afghanistan on February 15 conceded that eight young men were...
View Photo »Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (C) signs the book of souvenirs by France's Defence Minister Gerard Longuet (L) at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during a ceremony at the Arc of Triomphe in Paris January 27, 2012.
View Photo »Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (C) tends to the flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during a ceremony at the Arc of Triomphe in Paris January 27, 2012.
View Photo »Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (C), France's Defence Minister Gerard Longuet (L) and French General and Paris military governor Bruno Dary (R) attend a ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc of Triomphe in Paris January 27, 2012.
View Photo »Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (R) and France's Defence Minister Gerard Longuet walk towards the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during a ceremony at the Arc of Triomphe in Paris January 27, 2012.
View Photo »Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (C) lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during a ceremony at the Arc of Triomphe in Paris January 27, 2012.
View Photo »French flag is seen at the Arc of Triomphe, in Paris on January 27, 2012, during a ceremony with Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai.
View Photo »French veterans pay tribute to the tomb Unknown soldier, at the Arc of Triomphe, in Paris on January 27, 2012, during a ceremony with Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai. Karzai met Sarkozy a week after the French leader threatened to pull his troops out of Afghanistan.
View Photo »Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (L) talks with Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani at the prime minister's residence in Islamabad February 16, 2012.
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Once President Karzai chooses to grant her clemency, which I am very confident of, that will... set precedent and will show his support for the Elimination of Violence against Women act and his support for Afghan women.
I hope they rethink their decision and end up coming to the conference ... We would be happier if they did come.
President Hamid Karzai and other senior Afghan leaders have repeatedly stressed the importance of Afghanistan’s self-sufficiency and national sovereignty.
I absolutely agree with it
I had told President Karzai that Afghan soil was used for attack on Pakistan and we are protesting over the attacks
Foreigners are not going to give money forever
President Hamid Karzai asked ... for the foreign minister to participate in the Bonn Conference because Pakistan's participation is in the interest of both countries
I welcome and support your decisions
President Hamid Karzai called Prime Minister Gilani and officially asked the Pakistan government to participate in the Bonn conference
This strategic partnership with the United States will never be signed without discussing with you and that it will be clear and unambiguous
I welcome President Karzai's announcement of the second group of areas to enter the transition process
We want our national sovereignty, and an end to night raids and to the detention of our countrymen
The government of Hamid Karzai insists that it has received 29 billion dollars. The West (the U.S. and EU) speaks of 79 billion dollars being transferred through Kabul. Even if we assume 100 billion dollars, that's just one-tenth of the military aid
I’m fully endorsing every one of your resolutions
President Karzai's announcement underlines the progress made this year and shows the Afghan government's goal of assuming lead responsibility for security across Afghanistan by the end of 2014 is on track
The Afghan defence and interior ministers must come up with a plan so that we fund our own troops in the long term. Foreigners are not going to give money forever
There is no doubt that Afghanistan is moving forward, and with the announcement by President Karzai of the second group of Transition areas, the Afghan National Security Forces, who have made dramatic improvements in their development and effectiveness, will assume responsibility for security for 50 per...
Your declaration ... was comprehensive and acceptable
I welcome President Karzai's announcement of the second group of areas to enter the transition process ... Transition is on schedule and NATO will continue its efforts to ensure that the Afghans take security responsibility across the country by the end of 2014, in line with President Karzai's goal. Thi...
No strategic partnership will be signed unless (it is) in line with our national interest, there won't be anything hidden
I welcome President Karzai's announcement that Nad-e Ali will be transferred to Afghan security control. This is testament to the increasing capability of the Afghan national security forces to deliver their own security in this district, which I visited myself recently, and to the incredible work of th...
All conditions and suggestions you proposed were for the national interest. The Afghan defense and interior ministers must come up with a plan so that we fund our own troops in the long term. Foreigners are not going to give money forever
As was President Karzai, I too was saddened by this event. Our thoughts and prayers go out to those families who have been affected by this incident
I am very happy that you have accepted it and have put lots of conditions on it. I accept this resolution. It is the instruction to the Afghan government from the Afghan people
