Hamid Karzai pleads with Taliban to give up weapons and violence
Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Afghan president Hamid Karzai has called for the Taliban put down their weapons and help rebuild the ravaged country.
Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Afghan president Hamid Karzai has called for the Taliban put down their weapons and help rebuild the ravaged country.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai reached out to the Taliban on Friday, part of a call for reconciliation that the palace says will be the main focus of his second term that began last week.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Karzai and his allies are not fighting a monolithic entity in Afghanistan, and the question of al-Qaida links is thus complex Much has been written about the Afghan insurgency in the mainstream media, but little about the insurgents. The popular impression that the Kabul government and its international allies are battling a monolithic Taliban organisation, which calls itself the Islamic Emirate of...
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Afghan President Hamid Karzai called on the Taliban and other extremist groups Friday to lay down their weapons and participate in rebuilding the battered country, as part of reconciliation efforts he has said will be his main objective during his second term.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar on Wednesday rejected Afghan President Hamid Karzai's call for peace talks and scoffed at an expected U.S. troop buildup in a rare statement issued ahead of the Muslim Eidul-Adha, the biggest Muslims' annual religious festival. In the statement posted in English on a Taliban website, the reclusive Taliban supreme commander also called on Afghans to support the Taliban...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Afghan President Hamid Karzai called on the Taliban and other extremist groups Friday to lay down their weapons and participate in rebuilding the battered country, as part of reconciliation efforts he has said will be his main objective during his second term.
halls of macadamia (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Not sure what everybody else expects here, but I'm guessing you're not gonna turn a couple thousand years of violent, near stone-age theocracy into full-fledged democracy overnight... -- KABUL, Afghanistan -- An Afghan-Canadian academic who returned to Afghanistan to serve as governor of the volatile Kandahar province narrowly escaped an assassination attempt Friday. But, sometimes... you do what you...
What Really happened (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
The new strategy of "regionalization" is aimed at dividing Afghanistan into individual cantons—in a similar manner to what took place in Lebanon and the former Yugoslavia. Up to now the US-NATO occupation supported the government of Hamid Karzai and sold the process to the public as "democratization". However, occupation forces are moving increasingly to hand over power directly...
Los Angeles Times (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
A bomb targets the convoy of Kandahar's governor. The province is considered a key battleground as the Obama administration prepares to announce the deployment of more troops. KABUL, Afghanistan — The governor of the violent southern province of Kandahar escaped an assassination attempt today, even as President Hamid Karzai renewed his calls to insurgents to lay down their weapons.
IOL (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has marked the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha with a call on the Taliban and other Islamist insurgents to join peace talks in the war-torn country.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
President Hamid Karzai has renewed his call to the Taliban to lay down its weapons and participate in rebuilding Afghanistan.
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
President Hamid Karzai has renewed his call to the Taliban to lay down its weapons and participate in rebuilding Afghanistan.
American Power (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
From Jawa Report, " The next time the Taliban kill an American, thank Google's YouTube service for helping spread their vile propaganda ." Yep, it turns out YouTube hosts a Taliban Mujahideen channel that publishes all kinds of videos documenting attacks on American forces in Afghanistan. One video, " Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan - Mujahideen Statement - 17-09-2009 ," renounces...
Global Security (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has repeated his call to the Taliban and other extremist groups to lay down their weapons and help rebuild Afghanistan. Mr. Karzai made his appeal for peace in a speech Friday, marking the first day of the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday.
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 23 hours ago
PRESIDENT Hamid Karzai has renewed his call to the Taleban to lay down its weapons and participate in rebuilding Afghanistan.