Hamid Karzai

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.

Karzai reaches out to Afghan Taliban on holiday

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 tangle of the Taliban | Jeremy Binnie

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...

Karzai renews call for Taliban to lay down weapons

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.

Taliban leader rejects peace talks, defies U.S. troops buildup

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...

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Karzai renews call for Taliban to lay down weapons

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.

Canada shows the way

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...

Europe backs Afghanistan strategy aimed at “regionalization”

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...

Afghan governor survives assassination attempt

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.

Karzai steps up calls on Taliban for peace

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.

Karzai renews call on Taliban to lay down weapons

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.

Karzai renews call on Taliban to lay down weapons

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.

Taliban Propaganda Channel on YouTube: Mujahideen Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Jihad Against American Puppets, Zionist Intruders

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...

Afghan President Reaches out to Taliban on Eid al-Adha

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.

Karzai in peace plea to Taleban

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.