WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai raised doubts on Sunday that his country could take over responsibility for its security by July 2011, while U.S. Read more here: Karzai urges flexibility for U.S. troop timeline
Also tagged doubts-on-sunday, for-its, hamid-karzai, raised-doubts, sunday, take-over, troop-timelineHamid Karzai offers to ’spare no effort’ in implementing the revamped strategy, but says little about fighting corruption in his government. President Hamid Karzai today pledged to “spare no effort” to help implement the revamped American war strategy, the latest test for an Afghan leader struggling to shake off the …
Also tagged but-says, government, help-implement, implement-the-revamped, revamped, shake-off-the, the-revamped, today-pledgedWASHINGTON (Reuters) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday urged Afghan President Hamid Karzai to “do better” if he wanted U.S. support, and that included creating a major crimes tribunal and anti-corruption commission Link: Clinton wants tangible Afghan progress from Karzai
Also tagged afghan-president, hamid-karzai, included-creating, major-crimes, progress-from, state-hillary, sunday, tribunal-and, wants-tangibleLos Angeles Times Karzai vows to battle corruption BBC News Afghan President Hamid Karzai has vowed to remove the “stigma” of corruption, a day after winning a new term. In his first remarks since being declared winner of August’s fraud-marred poll, he also pledged to lead an inclusive government …
Also tagged a-new-term-, also-pledged, angeles, august, battle-corruption, bbc, being-declared, hamid-karzai, inclusive-government, new-term-Bloomberg – Nov. 2 (Bloomberg) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s remaining challenger withdrew from the country’s runoff election, citing fraud that has marred voting and undermined U.S. hopes for a stronger government to help fight the Taliban. View post: Afghan Candidate’s Election Pullout Adds Risk for Karzai, Obama …
Also tagged and-undermined, citing-fraud, election, hopes-for, marred-voting, runoff-election, talibanMcClatchy Newspapers – KABUL, Afghanistan-Challenger Abdullah Abdullah and Afghan President Hamid Karzai failed Saturday to agree on conditions for their Nov. Visit link: Fearing fraud, challenger may quit Afghan presidential runoff (McClatchy Newspapers)
Also tagged abdullah, abdullah-abdullah, afghan, afghanistan, agree-on-conditions, challenger-may, clatchy-newspapers, hamid-karzai, kabul, saturdayWASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator John Kerry on Monday challenged the image of Afghan President Hamid Karzai as a corrupt, weak leader, saying he was a patriot who understood there must be changes among his ministers Original post: Sen. Kerry calls Afghanistan’s Karzai a “patriot”
Also tagged afghan, afghan-president, afghanistan, challenged-the, challenged-the-image, changes-among, hamid-karzai, karzai, kerry, kerry-on-monday, ministers, original, senator-john, understood-thereBloomberg – Oct. 25 (Bloomberg) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s government would accept the United Nations taking charge of a runoff election next month if that would alleviate concerns about fraud, the Afghan ambassador to Washington said. See the rest here: Afghan Envoy Says Karzai Is Open to UN-Run Election …
Also tagged a-runoff-election, accept-the, accept-the-united, afghan, afghan-envoy, afghan-president, alleviate-concerns, hamid-karzai, karzai, rest, runoff-election, the-rest, united, united-nationsSen. John Kerry’s successful mission to Kabul—in which he convinced Afghan President Hamid Karzai to hold a second-round runoff to August’s fraud-soaked election—suggests that the Obama administration is putting the squeeze on Karzai to clean up his act as a precondition to getting more U.S Original post: How John Kerry got the …
Also tagged afghan, august, getting-more, hamid-karzai, his-act, kerry, obama, originalTelegraph.co.uk SCENARIOS-Outcomes for the Afghan presidential run-off Reuters KABUL, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai has agreed to face a second-round run-off to resolve Afghanistan’s disputed presidential election which it is hoped will end weeks of political limbo and uncertainty for the war-riven country. … Afghan Runoff …
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