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  Afghanistan's former President Hamid Karzai meets senior Taliban faction leader

  World | August 18, 2021 17:45 IST

  Former President Hamid Karzai and Abdullah Abdullah, a senior official in the ousted government met with Anas Haqqani as part of preliminary meetings that a spokesman for Karzai said would would facilitate eventual negotiations with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the top Taliban political leader.

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  Obama leaves Afghanistan without meeting Karzai

  World | May 26, 2014 15:45 IST

  Kabul: US President Barack Obama paid a short visit to Afghanistan but returned home without meeting his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai due to differences over the venue, an official statement said Monday.Obama returned home after

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  Will protect Indian missions, Karzai tells Modi

  World | May 23, 2014 15:57 IST

  New Delhi: Afghan President Hamid Karzai Friday spoke to Prime Minister designate Narendra Modi and assured him that Kabul "will do all to protect Indian missions there".The external affairs ministry said Modi thanked Karzai for

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  Rajapaksa, Karzai, Ramgoolam, Koirala to attend Modi swearing-in

  World | May 22, 2014 21:07 IST

  New Delhi:  Along with many SAARC Heads of Governments and States, Mauritius Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam will be attending the swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi as Prime Minister on May 26.India has received a confirmation

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  Salman Khurshid in Kandahar, backs Karzai amid Afghan stand-off with US

  World | February 15, 2014 18:54 IST

  Kandahar: Amid a stand-off between the US and the embattled Afghan President, India on Saturday saluted Hamid Karzai's "extraordinary and brave" leadership in nurturing democracy and peace in the war-torn country.External affairs minister Salman Khurshid,

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  Kerry calls Karzai over Taliban office issue

  World | June 20, 2013 9:26 IST

  Kabul, June 20: US Secretary of State John Kerry called up Afghan President Hamid Karzai in a bid to defuse tensions over opening of a Taliban office in Qatar, an Afghan spokesperson said Wednesday.Washington and

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  Mukherjee, Karzai to attend varsity convocation in Jalandhar

  India | May 18, 2013 12:00 IST

  Jalandhar, May 18: President Pranab Mukherjee will confer the first honoris causa degree of the Lovely Professional University (LPU) to Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai at the varsity's convocation to be held in this Punjab city

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  Afghan president Karzai seeks India Inc investments

  November 10, 2012 19:48 IST

  Mumbai, Nov 10: Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai today told India Inc not to be “shy” when it comes to investing in his mineral-rich country and pointed out to them of the gains reaped by the

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  Singh meets Karzai; hold talks with Syrian Prime Minister

  World | August 31, 2012 7:46 IST

  Tehran, Aug 30:  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today held bilateral meetings with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Syrian Premier Wael Nader al-Halqi during which they took stock of their ties and discussed regional and global

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  Karzai moves to replace Afghan security chiefs

  World | August 30, 2012 17:33 IST

  Kabul, Aug 30: Afghan President Hamid Karzai moved to replace the country's intelligence chief and the ministers of defense and interior Wednesday, the first step in what senior government officials said was a planned wider

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  Obama, Karzai ink 'historic' Strategic Partnership Agreement

  World | May 02, 2012 7:38 IST

  Washington, May 2: Making his way into Afghanistan unannounced, US President Barack Obama signed a landmark Strategic Partnership Agreement strengthening post-war ties with Kabul after 2014 when American combat forces return home.The ten-page long-term agreement

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  Taliban Break US Contacts, Karzai Orders US Out Of Villages

  World | March 15, 2012 20:24 IST

  Kabul, Mar 15: The Taliban broke off confidence-building talks with the Americans today and the Afghan president ordered US troops out of villages, demanding a transition of security from NATO control in 2013.  The announcements

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  Taliban Cannot Move A Finger Without Pak Support : Karzai

  World | October 07, 2011 21:38 IST

  London, Oct 7: Launching another broadside against Pakistan, Afghan President Hamid Karzai today said the Taliban, that has launched some audacious attacks in his country will not be able to “move a finger without Pakistani

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  Six Held Over Plot To Kill Karzai : Kabul

  World | October 06, 2011 8:24 IST

  Kabul, Oct 5: Six people have been arrested after an alleged Al-Qaeda plot to assassinate Afghan President Hamid Karzai involving one of his bodyguards was foiled, officials said today.Those detained, who also included a university

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  Pakistan Our Twin Brother, India Our Friend, Says Hamid Karzai

  World | October 05, 2011 15:56 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 5: Seeking to allay apprehensions, Afghan President Hamid Karzai today said his country's strategic partnership with India was not targeted against "twin brother" Pakistan."Pakistan is a twin brother, India is a great

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  Karzai Reviewing Taliban Peace Strategy : Spokesman

  World | October 02, 2011 19:48 IST

  Kabul, Oct 2: Afghan President Hamid Karzai is reviewing his strategy for making peace with the Taliban and will reveal the next steps “very soon,” a spokesman said today, following the murder of his top

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  Karzai Has 'Some Misunderstandings' On Rabbani's Killing : Pak

  World | October 02, 2011 19:43 IST

  Islamabad, Oct 2: Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that Afghan President Hamid Karzai has “some misunderstandings” on the killing of peace council chief Burhanuddin Rabbani, which Kabul blames on the Taliban's Quetta

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  Taliban Claim Assassination Of Karzai's Half Brother

  World | July 12, 2011 21:03 IST

  Kabul, Jul 12: The Taliban claimed responsibility for the assassination of President Hamid Karzai's younger brother on Tuesday, calling it "one of our biggest achievements" in nearly a decade of war.  Taliban spokesman Usuf Ahmadi

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  Impostor Posing As Taliban Mullah Meets Karzai

  World | November 27, 2010 18:04 IST

  London, Nov 27: A senior Afghan official has blamed the British secret service for bringing a Taliban impostor to take part in top-level peace talks with the Afghan government, newspapers reported Friday.The reports in U.S.

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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