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Karzai holds talks in Qatar, Taliban in focusPresident Hamid Karzai held talks with Qatari leaders on Sunday, official media reported, on a visit the Kabul government has said would seek to explore the possibility of talks with Taliban insurgents on ending Afghanistan' More… |
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Kerry makes unannounced visit to AfghanistanUS Secretary of State John Kerry paid an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Monday for talks with President Hamid Karzai, a US official said. Kerry and Karzai will discuss a host of issues including Afghan reconciliation, the tra More… |
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Taliban, US revive talks in Qatar says KarzaiThe Afghan Taliban and the US have been holding talks in Qatar, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Sunday, but the militant group and Washington denied they had resumed dialogue. The Taliban More… |
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Brother of Afghan president killedAhmad Wali Karzai, a brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai and one of the most powerful men in southern Afghanistan, was killed on Tuesday, apparently by one of his bodyguards, officials said. &nbs More… |
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US in secret talks with Taliban, says KarzaiThe United States is in contact with the Taliban about a possible settlement to the near decade-long war in Afghanistan, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday, the first official confirmation of US involvement in negotiations. Kar More… |
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Nato aims to end Afghan combat mission by 2015Nato agreed on Saturday to hand control of security in Afghanistan to Afghan forces by the end of 2014 and said the Nato-led force could halt combat operations by the same date if security conditions were good enough. So More… |
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Karzai gets 'bags of money' from Iran, USAfghan President Hamid Karzai said on Monday his office receives cash in bags from Iran, but said it is a transparent form of aid that helps cover expenses at the presidential palace and that the United States makes similar payments. &n More… |
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Fraud concerns weigh on early Afghan vote countElection officials pored over votes from Afghanistan's parliamentary poll on Sunday, but sifting through fraud complaints and waiting for results from the remotest areas will delay even preliminary results for weeks. Some areas have start More… |
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Rockets, attacks strike as Afghan poll opensAfghanistan's parliamentary election were marred by attacks before voting began on Saturday in a poll the Taliban vowed to disrupt and that will be a crucial test for the credibility of the government and security forces. A rocket fired by More… |
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Rocket attack as Karzai launches peace bidAfghan President Hamid Karzai launched a peace plan on Wednesday that he hopes will persuade Taliban fighters to lay down their arms, but the insurgents demonstrated their disdain by firing a rocket as he addressed a traditional gathering in the c More… |
