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War News Updates (Free subscription) | yesterday
Ahmed Wali Karzai, President Hamid Karzai’s brother, in 2001. Both say accusations of drug trafficking are politically motivated. ( Photo Ruth Fremson/The New York Times ) Reports Link Karzai’s Brother To Afghanistan Heroin Trade -- New York Times WASHINGTON — When Afghan security forces found an enormous cache of heroin hidden beneath concrete blocks in a tractor-trailer outside Kandahar in 2004,...
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Middle East Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Is the war in Afghanistan becoming the woe in Afghanistan? Tuesday marks the seventh anniversary of the U.S. invasion of the country, and despite many successes, the trends are not looking good. CNN's intrepid war correspondent, Nic Roberson, says that the Afghan government of Hamid Karzai has held talks with the Taliban . The Taliban, you'll recall, ruled the country and harbored al-Qaeda at the time...
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The Official Site of Grant Miller. (Free subscription) | yesterday
Since John McCain selected her as his running mate, Sarah Palin has taken a crash course in foreign and domestic policy and met several national and world leaders. Here's a look at some dignitaries Palin has met so far: Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Former Secretary to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Ruth Manley. Former...
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Have Coffee Will Writ (Free subscription) | yesterday
Via The Daily Dish… From The Associated Press: As of Aug. 1, the AP count shows that while militants killed 231 civilians in attacks in 2007, Western forces killed 286. Another 20 were killed in crossfire that can’t be attributed to one party. Afghan President Hamid Karzai expressed his concern about the civilian deaths during a meeting last [...]
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | yesterday
The brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai has vehemently denied renewed allegations that he is involved with Afghanistan's drug trade, accusing Western governments of political meddling.
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International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday
The brother of President Hamid Karzai, in reaction to a story in The New York Times that focused on reports linking him to involvement in the Afghan heroin trade, on Monday called the allegations "baseless."
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
President Hamid Karzai's brother denied Monday that he has ever been involved in Afghanistan's heroin trade, and accused U.S. officials of fabricating allegations to harm the president.
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | yesterday
Afghanistan began registering voters on Monday for elections due next year that will test support for President Hamid Karzai and democracy itself which is threatened by a virulent Taliban insurgency in which thousands have died.
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Pakistan Times! (Free subscription) | yesterday
NEW YORK: Assertions that Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s brother is involved in the country’s booming heroin trade have U.S. officials worried, according to The New York Times Sunday. Ahmed Wali Karzai, chief of the Kandahar Provincial Council and the president’s brother, denies any ties to Afghan drug traffickers, despite claims to the contrary from some [...]
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The Jawa Report (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
From Pakistan's Daily Times - KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai has made a call for peace to Taliban leader Mullah Omar and has asked the king of Saudi Arabia to help in talks with the group responsible for a surge...
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Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Assertions that Afghan President Hamid Karzai's brother is involved in the country's booming heroin trade have U.S. officials worried, observers say. Ahmed Wali Karzai, chief of the Kandahar Provincial Council and the president's brother, denies any ties to Afghan drug traffickers, despite claims to the contrary from some U.S. and Afghan investigators. Whether or...
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Truth Out (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Afghan President Hamid Karzai's request that Saudi Arabia act as intermediary with Taliban head Mullah Omar - who was forced to flee Afghanistan in the fall of 2001 - is a confession of impotence. Under the protection of the international coalition's forces, the Afghan authorities have not succeeded in establishing their power much beyond the Kabul region. Construction of a real state, in the modern...
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Jihad Watch (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Evidently they think they can press on to final victory. "Taliban rejects peace talks," from Reuters, October 3 (thanks to JE): A SENIOR Taliban commander today rejected reconciliation with what he called the "puppet" Afghan Government, the latest in a...
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
A senior Taliban officer is spurning calls for negotiation from Afghanistan's government, calling President Hamid Karzai a U.S. "puppet" amid rumblings that peace talks could be in the offing.
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Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Friday he would guarantee the safety of Mullah Omar if the Afghan Taliban leader returned home. Through Pakistan television channel Geo, I propose (Mullah Omar) to get back to Afghanistan as I will be wholly solely responsible for his security and I shall be answerable to the whole of the world on his behalf, Karzai was quoted...
