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  Taliban Set Preconditions For Formal Peace Talks

  World | October 07, 2010 9:37 IST

  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) _ Taliban officials have engaged in periodic, discreet contacts with Afghan and U.S. officials for months but are unwilling to move to formal peace negotiations until the U.S. agrees to a timetable

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  Karzai Tearful As Bombing Kills Afghan Official

  World | September 28, 2010 15:50 IST

  Kabul:  A suicide bomber killed a deputy provincial governor and five others Tuesday in eastern Afghanistan, police said. Later, a tearful President Hamid Karzai decried the violence, fretting that young people will choose to flee

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  Condoleeza, Karzai Knew Benazir Would Be Killed : Pak Media

  World | April 01, 2010 16:02 IST

  A Pakistani newspaper on  Thursday reported that Pakistan President Asif Zardari has given names of four international personalities - US ex-secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, Saudi Arabia intelligence chief Prince Muqrin

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  India Close Friend, Pak OurConjoined Twin, Says Karzai

  World | March 11, 2010 16:39 IST

  In a delicate balancing act, President Hamid Karzai on Thursday described India as a "close friend" while referring to Pakistan and Afghanistan as "conjoined twins." In remarks apparently aimed at assuaging Pakistan's concerns about the

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  Afghan Election Commission Announces Run Off Poll On Nov 7

  World | October 20, 2009 20:42 IST

  Afghanistan's election commission on Tuesday ordered a Nov. 7 runoff in the disputed presidential poll after a fraud investigation dropped Prsident Hamid Karzai's votes below 50 percent of the total. Karzai accepted the finding and

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  Karzai To Accept Election Commission's Ruling On Poll Fraud

  World | October 20, 2009 16:04 IST

  Afghan President Hamid Karzai's team said on Tuesday he would accept a ruling from election authorities after a fraud probe that could lose him over a million votes and deprive him of outright victory. The