KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered an investigation into a U.S.-led coalition airstrike that killed the several civilians in North Eastern province Noristan.
According to foreign news agency NATO forces coordinated with ground forces...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered an investigation into the alleged killing of 16
civilians in an air raid by US-led forces on Friday. His office said in a statement that
Karzai was saddened by the incident in the north-eastern province...
The Center for Inquiry urges the Afghan government to release Sayed Pervez Kambakhsh, a 23-year-old journalism student at Balkh University and reporter for the local daily Jahan-e-Naw (The New World), sentenced to death for insulting...
Minutes into Afghan President Hamid Karzai's speech before the Afghanistan Donor Conference in Paris, he congratulated his country on its "independent media," which, having "grown exponentially" since the ouster of the Taliban, is a harbinger...
Background
Hamid Karzai (Pashto: حامد کرزي) (b. 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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