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  Would Stand By Pakistan If It Is Attacked By Anyone : Karzai

  World | October 22, 2011 21:24 IST

  Islamabad, Oct 22: After being critical of Pakistan over its links with Taliban militants, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has now said his country would stand by Islamabad in the event of hostilities with any nation,

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  Clinton : Afghans Won't Give Up On Taliban Deal

  World | October 12, 2011 7:24 IST

  Washington, Oct 12: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says Afghanistan's government will continue to try to draw the Taliban insurgency to peace talks.Afghan President Hamid Karzai had said over the weekend that he is

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  Slain Rabbani Sought Peace

  World | September 21, 2011 7:52 IST

  Kabul, Sept 21: Former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani sought to bridge Afghanistan's divide, but instead ended up one of the conflict's many victims. The former leader, fighter and finally peace envoy, whose shifting fortunes and

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  Suicide Bomber Kills Former Afghan President Rabbani

  World | September 21, 2011 10:36 IST

  Kabul, Sep 20: Former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani, who headed a government peace council set up to facilitate contacts with Taliban insurgents, was assassinated on Tuesday by a suicide bomber concealing explosives in his turban,

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  Weeping Afghan President Buries His Brother

  World | July 13, 2011 16:30 IST

  Kandahar (Afghanistan), Jul 13: A weeping Afghan President Hamid Karzai led thousands of mourners today in burying his brother, assassinated by his own head of security in the southern city of Kandahar.Ahmed Wali Karzai was

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  Karzai: Pakistan firing missiles into Afghanistan

  World | June 26, 2011 22:04 IST

  Kabul, June 26: Afghan President Hamid Karzai accuses Pakistan of firing 470 rockets into two of its eastern border provinces in a three-week barrage.Afghan security forces said Sunday that 36 people have died in the

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  US Sceptical Of Iran Aiding Afghanistan

  World | October 26, 2010 11:56 IST

  Washington:  A day after Afghan President Hamid Karzai said that once or twice a year Iran gives his office $700,000 to $975,000 for official presidential expenses, the United States said it "remains sceptical of Iran's