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Hamid Karzai
Karzai Suspends US Talks Over Taliban Move
Associated Press | Jun 19, 2013
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Afghan president on Wednesday suspended talks with the United States on a new security deal to protest the way his government was being left out of initial peace negotiations with the Taliban meant to find a way to end the nearly 12-year war. The move by Hamid Karzai raises tensions significantly and could derail the p... more
Afghan President's Forces Taking Security Lead
Associated Press | Jun 18, 2013
KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced at a ceremony on Tuesday that his country's armed forces are taking over the lead for security nationwide from the U.S.-led NATO coalition. The handover of responsibility is a significant milestone in the nearly 12-year war and marks a turning point for American and NATO military forc... more
Karzai: US Wants to Keep Nine Bases
Associated Press | May 09, 2013
KABUL, Afghanistan - The U.S. wants to keep nine bases in Afghanistan after U.S. combat troops withdraw in 2014 which is fine as long as America makes "security and economic guarantees" in exchange, President Hamid Karzai said Thursday in his first public overture in what have been private talks on a future pact between the uneasy allies. The U... more
Karzai Says CIA Payments to Continue
Associated Press | May 06, 2013
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday that the CIA's station chief in Kabul has assured him that regular funding the U.S. intelligence agency gives his government will not be cut off. He said the Afghan government had been receiving funds from CIA for more than a decade as part of regular monthly assistance from t... more
7 US Troops Killed in Afghanistan
Associated Press | May 05, 2013
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Seven U.S. soldiers and a member of the NATO-led coalition were killed on Saturday in one of the deadliest days for Americans and other foreign troops in Afghanistan in recent months, as the Taliban continued attacks as part of their spring offensive. The renewed violence came as Afghan President Hamid Karzai acknowledged ... more