Posts Tagged ‘karzai’
Karzai seeks list of aid projects needing security (AP)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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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