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  Krishna Meets Karzai, Discusses Peace, Aid To Afghanistan

  World | December 05, 2011 23:07 IST

  Bonn, Dec 5: External Affairs Minister S M Krishna today met Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai here and discussed the peace process in that country and implementation of India's aid programme to Kabul.Krishna met Karzai on

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  Karzai Will Try To Hold On To Power Beyond 2014 : Report

  World | December 05, 2011 18:05 IST

  Bonn, Dec 5: Afghan President Hamid Karzai plans to try to stay in power after 2014, the end of his second and final mandate under the constitution, German daily Bild reported Monday citing an intelligence

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  Ban Meets Karzai, Says Afghan Peace Process Must Be Inclusive

  World | December 05, 2011 8:10 IST

  United Nations, Dec 5 : UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has expressed concern over the security situation in Afghanistan, telling President Hamid Karzai that the peace process in the war-torn country should be inclusive

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  Karzai Calls Gilani, Asks Him To Reconsider Bonn Boycott

  World | November 30, 2011 7:51 IST

  Islamabad, Nov 30: Afghan President Hamid Karzai  on Tuesday requested Pakistan to reconsider its decision to boycott the Bonn Conference on Afghanistan, saying the country's absence at the meet “would not be helpful to efforts”

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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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  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's Half Brother Assassinated In Kandahar

  World | July 12, 2011 15:47 IST

  Kabul, Jul 12: Afghan President Hamid Karzai's powerful half brother, a lightning rod for criticism of all that is wrong with the Afghan government, was assassinated on Tuesday at his home in southern Afghanistan, officials

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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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  Pak Should Be Happy Afghan Is Being Helped By India: Karzai

  World | June 12, 2011 11:52 IST

  Islamabad, Jun 12 : Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said the Indian presence in his country cannot be in any way used against Pakistan, which should be happy that Afghanistan is being “tremendously” helped by

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  Afghan Police: Suicide Bomber Kills 9 In Northwest

  World | November 06, 2010 8:44 IST

  Kabul, Nov 5 : A teenage suicide bomber today blew himself up in a crowded bazaar in northwest Afghanistan, killing at least nine people and wounding 30 others, police said.The attack targeted the head of

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  Taliban Hold Secret Talks With Afghan President

  World | November 01, 2010 10:05 IST

  Kabul:  Three Taliban leaders secretly met with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai two weeks ago in an effort to weaken the US-led coalition's most vicious enemy, a powerful Al-Qaida linked network that straddles the border region

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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

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  Karzai Confirms Holding Talks With Taliban

  World | October 11, 2010 9:23 IST

  Washington:  Afghan President Hamid Karzai confirmed holding unofficial talks with the Taliban "for quite some time," in a bid to end the nine-year war, according to an interview transcript released yesterday.     "We have been talking

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  Karzai Weeps On TV

  World | September 29, 2010 16:54 IST

  Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday broke down in tears as he called on his countrymen to “ come to their senses” or risk seeing the next generation flee the country.Speaking on national television, he

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  Moderate Polling In Afghanistan Under Shadow Of Taliban Gun

  World | September 18, 2010 15:56 IST

  Kabul, Sep 18 : Afghans braved sporadic rocket and bomb attacks to vote for a new parliament on Saturday,  with the war-weary nation on alert after polling stations opened and UN and US officials warned