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Karzai seeks list of aid projects needing security (AP)

An Afghan works at a bakery in the city of Kandahar,  south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)AP – The Afghan president on Sunday asked for a list of national aid projects that need protection by private security guards, potentially signaling his wish to reach a compromise over the status of security companies in Afghanistan and safeguarding foreign aid projects worth billions of dollars.


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Karzai: Talks with Taliban on for ‘some time’ (AP)

Afghan President Hamid Karzai talks to Afghans in Argandab district of Kandahar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010. Karzai flew to southern Afghanistan to meet with more than 200 tribal elders and seek their support for his government's effort to extend its influence beyond Kabul. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)AP – Afghan President Hamid Karzai confirmed his government has been in informal talks with the Taliban on securing peace in war-weary Afghanistan “for quite some time” — the latest in a series of high-level acknowledgments of contacts with the insurgent group.


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Karzai marks 9/11 with appeal over civilian deaths (AP)

Smoke rises after NATO aircrafts conducted an air strike near the Arghandab river, south of Senjeray village, Kandahar province, where U.S. commanders had identified as insurgent positions Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Todd Pitman)AP – President Hamid Karzai marked the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks in the U.S. on Saturday by insisting the origins of the continued Taliban insurgency are not in Afghanistan.


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Gen. Petraeus calls relationship with Karzai sound (AP)

A demonstrator poses with a placard which says AP – The top US military commander in Afghanistan says the sometimes strained relationship between the US and Afghan President Hamid Karzai is solid.


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Gates in Afghanistan to meet with Karzai, Petraeus (AP)

In this photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010, Afghan firemen carry fire a fire hose to extinguish a burning oil tanker, unseen, after an explosive device planted underneath it exploded, in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan.  (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)AP – U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Afghanistan’s capital Thursday for meetings with President Hamid Karzai and top NATO commander Gen. David Petraeus.


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Karzai: U.S. pullout deadline boosts Taliban ‘morale’ (AP)

Afghan policemen stand near the skeletal remains of a burnt truck in Badghis province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. Afghan police and Spanish troops clashed early Wednesday outside a base in western Afghanistan, leaving at least one policeman dead, local officials said. Following the officer's shooting, hundreds of area residents gathered at the gate to the Spanish camp, chanting and throwing stones before moving on to the provincial government offices, the officials said. (AP Photo)AP – President Hamid Karzai said that U.S. plans to start withdrawing troops from Afghanistan next year had boosted the Taliban’s spirits, while an insurgent attack killed eight Afghan police in the country’s increasingly volatile north Thursday.


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Karzai suggests oversight of anti-corruption work (AP)

Afghan Attorney General Mohammad Ishaq Alako speaks during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010. Upset by the recent arrest of a key adviser accused of taking a bribe, Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday sought to have more oversight over the work of a new anti-corruption task force. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP – U.S. officials are waiting to see if the Afghan government will attempt to impede corruption probes of high-ranking officials — concern that comes as a new report issued in Washington questioned the Afghan administration’s ability to fight graft and bribery that are undermining the war against the Taliban.


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