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Kabul: Afghan President Hamid Karzai, under fire from his international partners to clean up his administration, insisted on Sunday there's no place for corrupt officials within his government. Full Article at Zee News
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ISTANBUL - Turkey said Sunday that Sudan's internationally indicted leader, President Omar al-Bashir, will not attend a conference of Muslim nations in Istanbul. Full Article at Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 28: An Afghan policeman stands guard by a Karzai poster after tensions in city remain high after a suicide bomb attack on an international guest house October 28, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. View Photo »
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We are aware of the difficulties of our governance and the environment in which we live, we'll keep trying our best to address the questions that we have facing Afghanistan
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Hamid Karzai has said he will purge his new administration of corrupt officials, a day after criticising the United Nations for demanding that he clean up his regime. Full Article at The Telegraph
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President Karzai pledges corrupt officials will have no place in his new Afghan government
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NATO forces said they were still searching for two American paratroopers who disappeared Wednesday while trying to recover airdropped supplies that had fallen into a river. Full Article at Macleans.ca
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With casualties mounting, corruption has become a frontburner issue in Afghanistan, with President Barack Obama and other world leaders under pressure from their own constituents to explain why they are sending young soldiers to fight and die in... Full Article at The Bellingham Herald
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A poster of legendary assassinated Afghan mujahideen commander Ahmad Shah Massoud is displayed next to one portraying President Hamid Karzai at a Kabul cinema while a worker sets up scaffolding on September 28, 2009. View Photo »
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We greatly respect Abdullah, and we think that he conducted a very spirited campaign. We respect him for his ideas. But we believe that Hamid Karzai is the legitimately elected leader of Afghanistan
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U.S. and Afghan authorities are investigating whether a botched NATO airstrike was to blame for the death of Afghan soldiers and police during a search for two American paratroopers missing in a Taliban-infested area of the country's west. Full Article at Taiwan News
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In a startling statement, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Wednesday that it is difficult for the international coalition "to occupy Afghanistan or to defeat Taliban" in Afghanistan. Full Article at People's Daily Online
About Hamid Karzai
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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. Full Article
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 28: An Afghan policeman stands guard by a Karzai poster after tensions in city remain high after a suicide bomb attack on an international guest house October 28, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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Daily wages laborers stand near an election poster of Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai, center, with first vice president Mohammad Qasim Fahim and second vice president Mohammad Karim Khalili, right, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009.
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - SEPTEMBER 17: President Hamid Karzai arrives to speak to the media for the first time since full preliminary results were announced at the Presidential palace on September 17, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai (R) talks with deceased Afghan journalist Sultan Munadi's father Qurban Mohammad during a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Kabul on September 16, 2009.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, meets with Qurban Mohammad, father of Afghan journalist Sultan Munadi who was a translator for a New York Times reporter and was killed during a British forces raid, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai (R) meets with Qurban Mohammad, father of Afghan reporter Sultan Mohammad Munadi, who worked for the New York Times and was killed after a British commando raid to rescue him and his colleague Stephen Farrell, a British reporter for the Times, in Kabul Sept...
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - SEPTEMBER 13: The Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) team from Daniel Murphy (L), Nellika Little and Brian Fjeldheim (R) audit disputed ballots at Independent Elections Commission (IEC) warehouse September 13, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - SEPTEMBER 13: Nellika Little (L) and Daniel Murphy (R) part of the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) team look at disputed ballots at Independent Elections Commission (IEC) warehouse September 13, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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We are aware of the difficulties of our governance and the environment in which we live, we'll keep trying our best to address the questions that we have facing Afghanistan
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We greatly respect Abdullah, and we think that he conducted a very spirited campaign. We respect him for his ideas. But we believe that Hamid Karzai is the legitimately elected leader of Afghanistan
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Afghanistan has been tarnished by administrative corruption and I will launch a campaign to clean the government of corruption
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Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, has said the Afghan elections would be legitimate even if Abdullah Abdullah boycotted the run-off poll, leaving President Hamid Karzai unopposed.
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Afghanistan has been seriously discredited by administrative corruption. We will try to remove this stigma from our soil and our country in any possible way.
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It is not important whether Hamid Karzai or Abdullah Abdullah is our president, the important thing is that peace is restored to our country. Long live Afghanistan! Long live peace and long live democracy!
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Our government will be the mirror of Afghanistan so everyone can see themselves in the mirror
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What is astonishing is two weeks ago they were arguing that the puppet president Hamid Karzai was involved in electoral fraud... but now he is elected as president based on those same fraudulent votes, Washington and London immediately send their congratulations.
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I want the Taliban to give up resistance, return home and help stabilize security in the country
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President Obama on Monday admonished President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan that he must take on what American officials have said he avoided during his first term: the rampant corruption and drug trade that have fueled the resurgence of the Taliban
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Afghanistan's image has been tainted by corruption. Our government's image has been tainted by corruption
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I welcome today's decision by Afghanistan's IEC to forgo a runoff vote and to declare Hamid Karzai as the winner of the 2009 presidential elections
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The democratic process would have been better if our colleague Abdullah Abdullah had participated in this process and the second round had taken place
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Afghan officials canceled a runoff presidential vote set for Saturday and declared President Hamid Karzai the winner on Monday, a day after his remaining challenger, Abdullah Abdullah, withdrew.
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We call on our Taliban brothers to come home and embrace their land
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I welcome today's decision by Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission to forgo a runoff vote and to declare Hamid Karzai as the winner of the 2009 presidential elections ... I congratulate President Karzai.
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He has been the prime beneficiary of the golden opportunity that has been provided Afghanistan in the past eight years
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Everyone knows the Karzai government can be improved. But, look, Hamid Karzai is going to be the next president of Afghanistan. He's played this according to the constitutional, and the rules of law in Afghanistan
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I decided for peace, for stability, and for the future of democracy in Afghanistan and for the future of institutional order in Afghanistan, to call for a run-off
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We declare that Mr Hamid Karzai, who won the majority of votes in the first round and is the only candidate in the second round, is the elected president of Afghanistan
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It was recognizing that Afghanistan had gone through so many years of difficulty, so many years of internal strife, backed by foreign players, and I felt that Afghanistan was entering that period again
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We declare that Mr. Hamid Karzai ... who is the only candidate for the second round of the election of Afghanistan in 2009, we declare (him) as elected president
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The war on terror must not be only about pursuing and killing the Taliban [ Images ] but also about protecting the Afghan people
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His excellency Hamid Karzai, who has won the majority of votes in the first round and is the only candidate for the second round, is declared by the Independent Election Commission as the elected president of Afghanistan
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We believe the decision is legitimate, legal and according to the constitution of Afghanistan ... We are waiting to see our people ... go cast their votes.
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