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KABUL -- Three Afghan Cabinet officials and 12 former ministers are under investigation for alleged corruption, the attorney general's office said Tuesday, announcing cases that could signal whether the government is serious about fighting graft in... Full Article at GoErie.com
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Afghanistan lacks the capacity to recruit and train men in large enough numbers, they said, despite a pledge by President Hamid Karzai to take over the nation's security from foreign troops by the end of his newly begun five-year term. Full Article at Michael Moore - This Just In
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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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Afghanistan considers it to be its duty to secure the rights of women in the three branches of government, so that the condition of women and their rights in our society can be further improved
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who was officially sworn in last Thursday for another term of office, said in his inaugural address: "We are determined that by the next five years, the Afghan forces are capable of taking the lead in ensuring security... Full Article at The Post Chronicle
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton swept into Kabul last week like an angry nanny to give Afghanistan's delinquent, US-installed leader Hamid Karzai's a sound spanking for being such a corrupt bad boy. Full Article at Huffington Post
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How does Hamid Karzai fit into President Obama's strategy for Afghanistan? Copy and paste this code into your blog to embed it on your site. Full Article at FOX News
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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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Calling Afghan President Hamid Karzai an ‘unworthy partner,’ a key Democratic leader warned Friday that Congress cannot fund an expanded military mission without a reliable ally in Kabul. Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the House of Representatives, said moreover she did not think there was political suppo...
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KABUL - Three Afghan Cabinet officials and 12 former ministers are under investigation for alleged corruption, the attorney general's office said Tuesday, announcing cases that could signal whether the government is serious about fighting graft in its... Full Article at Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor
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Afghanistan's attorney general says his office is investigating five current and former Cabinet ministers on allegations of corruption. Full Article at Voice of America
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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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) 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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Afghanistan considers it to be its duty to secure the rights of women in the three branches of government, so that the condition of women and their rights in our society can be further improved
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Calling Afghan President Hamid Karzai an ‘unworthy partner,’ a key Democratic leader warned Friday that Congress cannot fund an expanded military mission without a reliable ally in Kabul. Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the House of Representatives, said moreover she did not think there was political suppo...
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I want Afghanistan to become a country that is capable of defending itself, and where peace reigns across the whole nation
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Hamid Karzai tolerates corruption, comes to dubious arrangements with warlords and does too little against drug trafficking and the Taliban. Which is why the West is annoyed; they see in him and his administration a hopeless case. And they are wondering how they can still rescue Afghanistan.
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The ministers of Afghanistan must possess integrity and be professionals serving the nation
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Before Hamid Karzai was sworn into office, US President Barack Obama said of his Afghan counterpart that he had both strengths and weaknesses. In the meantime NATO politicians have been showing how disillusioned they are with Karzai. Once he was their man in Kabul -- now he has become yet another proble...
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The government of Afghanistan is committed to ending the culture of impunity and to bring to justice those involved in spreading corruption and abuse public property
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The Secretary-General wishes to congratulate President Hamid Karzai on his inauguration today as the elected President of Afghanistan for a second term
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I swear to obey and safeguard the provisions of the sacred religion of Islam, to observe the constitution and other laws of Afghanistan, and supervise their implementation
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We believe that President Hamid Karzai and his government can do better
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Afghanistan wants to lead operations in non-secure areas in the next three years
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These routine meetings are part of continued efforts to stay in close touch with allies and partners on Afghanistan and Pakistan. He will then travel to Afghanistan for the inauguration of President Hamid Karzai
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I am the servant of all the people of Afghanistan, from every ethnicity, every tribe, from every place, from every province - from every age, whether they are small children whether they are old people, women - I invite all the presidential candidates to come and help in serving this nation.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai's government demonstrates that it is willing to tackle the corruption and mismanagement that has fueled the Taliban's rise
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Within the next three years, Afghanistan, with continued international support and in line with the growth of its defence capacity, wants to lead and conduct military operations in the many insecure areas of the country… We are determined that by the next five years, the Afghan forces are capable of tak...
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sent two classified cables to Washington in the past week expressing deep concerns about sending more U.S. troops to Afghanistan until President Hamid Karzai's government demonstrates that it is willing to tackle the corruption and mismanagement that has fueled the Taliban's rise, senior U.S. officials ...
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I swear to uphold the Constitution of the country and protect the people of Afghanistan
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sent two classified cables to Washington in the past week expressing deep concerns about sending more U.S. troops to Afghanistan until President Hamid Karzai's government demonstrates that it is willing to tackle the corruption and mismanagement that has fueled the Taliban's rise.
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The West is not here primarily for the sake of Afghanistan ... The News Hour with Jim Lehrer.
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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's interest is primarily in having close brotherly relations with its neighbours, freedom of trade and transit, and an effective environment of co-operation.
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But our position is that Hamid Karzai is the legitimately-elected President of Afghanistan
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We like our partners to have a lot of respect for Afghan sovereignty. Afghanistan is extremely sensitive about that
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Our position on this is clear. We believe that there was an election that was carried out according to Afghan law. We recognize Hamid Karzai as the legitimately elected president of Afghanistan
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We also mean corruption of a different kind which is a lot more serious, which is new to Afghanistan, which is with the arrival of a lot of money to Afghanistan
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