...the Taliban. Until now, they seemed determined to defeat the two radical Islamic groups and extend the writ of President Hamid Karzai's weak government to all corners of Afghanistan. Now the emphasis is shifting and the game plan is to bring the Taliban on...
...In accordance with this policy, President Asif Zardari held his first official meeting as president with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. It is obvious that Pakistan wants tackle the problem on its borders with Afghanistan with the help of Kabul and other stakeholders....
...James Appathurai, said after lengthy discussions Thursday and Friday among the ministers in the Hungarian capital. President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan has repeatedly asked NATO to take on more responsibility for dealing with the drug lords. It is unclear,...
...The Pakistani parliament has held an in-camera joint session and news comes in of a negotiation between the Taliban and the Hamid Karzai regime mediated by the Saudi monarch. The negotiation was reported to have been facilitated by former Pakistani prime minister...
...extremists) to attend the Bonn peace conference in 2002, but the proposal was rejected by Franks and Bush--consequently, Hamid Karzai was the only southern Pastu involved in the negotiations. We're paying the price for that now. Rashid also writes, in astonishing...
...Saudi Arabia had been asked by Afghanistan's president Hamid Karzai to arrange talks with the 'Taliban' about some kind of power-sharing. The British government supports such attempts and British military have spoken in favor of negotiations. The U.S. administration...
...that Afghanistan is in a "downward spiral". The draft cites escalating violence, as well as corruption in the Government of Hamid Karzai. So why does Australia have 1100 troops in Afghanistan? What are the chances of improvement? What would be the consequences...
...U.S. forces had acted on credible intelligence and had killed 22 insurgents in the attack, a spokesman for President Hamid Karzai last month blamed "total misinformation fed to the coalition forces" for the attack and acknowledged that "not a single Taliban"...
...in central authority in Afghanistan has been accelerated by rampant corruption within the government of President Hamid Karzai and by an increase in violence by militants who have launched increasingly sophisticated attacks from havens in Pakistan. ... Dr....
...and Taliban spokesmen denied any negotiations, officials in attendance confirmed a meeting took place. Afghan President Hamid Karzai denied holding any talks with the Taliban in Saudi Arabia but said he asked the Saudi king for help. The president, who previously...