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  Karzai allots Hindus, Sikhs seats in Afghan Parliament

  World | September 04, 2013 14:20 IST

  Kabul: The Afghan President has issued a legislative decree that gives minority Hindus and Sikhs a seat in the country's next parliamentarian election.Afghan President Hamid Karzai has issued a legislative decree that gives minority Hindus

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  Karzai extends Pakistan visit

  World | August 27, 2013 7:43 IST

  Islamabad: Afghan President Hamid Karzai has extended his stay in Pakistan for another day on the request of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to discuss the peace process further, officials said Monday.The visit was extended

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  Karzai arrives in Pakistan on day-long visit

  World | August 26, 2013 12:00 IST

  Islamabad: Afghan President Hamid Karzai today arrived here on a day-long visit to discuss the frayed ties and seek release of Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Barader as a confidence building measure. This will be

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  Karzai sets conditions for visiting Pakistan

  World | July 22, 2013 16:20 IST

  Kabul, July 22: Afghan President Hamid Karzai has set conditions for visiting Pakistan, the media reported Monday.The Afghan leader met the visiting adviser to the Pakistani Prime Minister on national security and foreign affairs Sartaj

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  Karzai suspends talks with US over Taliban move

  World | June 19, 2013 13:57 IST

  Kabul (Afghanistan), Jun 19: Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he has suspended talks with the U.S. on a new security deal to protest the way the Americans are reaching out to the Taliban in efforts

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  Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai seeks Indian military aid amid Pakistan row

  World | May 20, 2013 13:15 IST

  Kabul, May 20: Afghan President Hamid Karzai will seek increased military aid from India during a three-day visit starting Monday and will discuss recent cross-border clashes with Pakistan, India's archrival, an aide said.The comments follow

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  Karzai seeks Indian military aid amid Pakistan row

  World | May 19, 2013 23:34 IST

  Kabul, May 19: Afghan President Hamid Karzai will seek increased military aid from India during a three-day visit starting tomorrow and will discuss recent cross-border clashes with Pakistan, an aide said.“Yes, we will ask for

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  Afghan President Hamid Karzai to visit India from Monday

  World | May 17, 2013 6:42 IST

  New Delhi, May 17: Ahead of its President's visit here from May 20, Afghanistan on Thursday said it was looking for enhanced defence cooperation with India, from where it was expecting supply of lethal and

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  Mullah Omar can run for presidency: Karzai

  World | April 02, 2013 19:23 IST

  Berlin, Apr 2: Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai wants the elusive Taliban chief Mullah Omar to run for President in next year's election so that people could “vote for or against him“.Mr. Karzai, in an interview

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  Suicide bombings: Karzai lashes out at Pakistan

  World | March 04, 2013 17:36 IST

  Kabul, Mar  4: Afghan President Hamid Karzai has once again lashed out at his supposed ally, Pakistan, saying that a statement by a Pakistani cleric endorsing suicide bombings in Afghanistan shows the neighbouring country is

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  Clinton meets visiting Afghan President Karzai

  World | January 11, 2013 18:57 IST

  Washington,Jan 11: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has met visiting Afghan President Hamid Karzai to hold discussions over a host of issues including the progress on bilateral security agreement and presence of US forces

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  Hamid Karzai meets PM, urges Indian companies to invest in Afghanistan

  India | November 12, 2012 18:38 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 12: Visiting President Hamid Karzai on Monday urged Indian companies to invest in Afghanistan, with India's leader saying economic development in the war-torn country would contribute to stability in the region. “Investment

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  Clinton in Afghanistan for talks with Karzai

  World | July 07, 2012 10:20 IST

  Kabul, Afghanistan, Jul 7: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has arrived in Kabul on an unannounced visit to Afghanistan. Clinton will meet Saturday morning with Afghan President Hamid Karzai to discuss U.S.-Afghan civilian and defense

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  Taliban insurgents attack NATO base in Afghanistan

  World | June 02, 2012 9:20 IST

  Kabul, Afghanistan, June 2:  Taliban insurgents detonated a truck bomb, then tried to storm a NATO base Friday in eastern Afghanistan, but coalition forces repelled the attack, killing 14 militants, officials said.No foreign or Afghan

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  US Soldier Who Killed 16 Afghan Civilians Could Get Death

  World | March 13, 2012 12:48 IST

  Washington, Mar 13: The US soldier suspected of killing 16 Afghan civilians in a shooting rampage could face the death penalty if convicted, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Monday.The Pentagon Chief told reporters

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  Karzai Confronts Gilani, Demands Pak Produce Taliban Leaders

  World | February 17, 2012 13:25 IST

  London, Feb 17 : Afghan President Hamid Karzai made a torrid attack on the Pakistani leadership in a face-to-face meeting with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, demanding that Islamabad produce the top Taliban leaders to

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  Karzai Demands Us Hand Over Bagram Prison

  World | January 05, 2012 20:27 IST

  Kabul, Jan 5: President Hamid Karzai demanded Thursday that the U.S. detention center at Bagram Air Base be handed over to Afghan control within a month, along with all Afghan citizens held by the coalition

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  Karzai Welcomes US Remarks On Taliban

  World | December 31, 2011 19:09 IST

  Kabul, Dec 31: Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday welcomed remarks from the Obama administration saying that Taliban insurgents were not America's enemies.Earlier this month, Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview with Newsweek

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  US Neared Taliban Deal, But Karzai Vetoed It : Report

  World | December 24, 2011 8:42 IST

  Washington, Dec 24 : The US had reached a tentative deal with Taliban to allow, among other things, transfer of five Afghans from the Guantanamo Bay prison in lieu of their public renunciation of terrorism,

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  Pakistan Should Talk More With Afghanistan : Karzai

  World | December 20, 2011 21:54 IST

  Kabul, Dec 20: President Hamid Karzai is urging Pakistan to open up communications and create a one-on-one relationship with neighboring Afghanistan.  He said it's needed regardless of Pakistan's views about its rival, India, or its