Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai yesterday promised to root out his government's endemic corruption in an inauguration speech made under intense pressure to shed the cronyism and graft that marked his first term.
David Miliband says UK needs more time to shore up Afghan government The Afghan government could fall within weeks if Nato pulled out troops now, David Miliband warned today as he urged British opponents of the war to give the fight to rebuild the country more time. In an interview with the Guardian at the end of a visit to Kabul for the presidential inauguration of Hamid Karzai, the foreign secretary...
Public holiday declared as Kabul ringed off in security clampdown against feared Taliban attack To everyone's surprise the ceremony began on time, the president walking up a stained, blotchy red carpet to the sound of a rough brass band and thumping drums. Looking immaculate, as he always does, Hamid Karzai's striped green silk Uzbek cloak stood out in the cold sunshine of a Kabul winter's morning....
Western leaders and concerned neighbours joined a great gathering of the clans in the Salam Khana palace for President Karzai's inauguration President Karzai I became President Karzai II this morning at an inauguration ceremony that was part splendid, part shabby and awkward for everyone. This was an event to be endured not enjoyed – "sober not triumphant," said the foreign secretary,...
Snub to UK and praise for election commission show Karzai remains a man who does not like to be pushed around In dwelling on the need to combat corruption, to talk to the Taliban and to transfer control of policing Afghanistan from foreign troops to the country's own security institutions, Hamid Karzai did enough to appease the US and its allies, who regarded his inauguration speech as a key test...
Listen to this segment | the entire program Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report. This week’s commentary is on Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Visit www.blackagendareport.com for more information.
President Hamid Karzai today signalled the beginning of the end of foreign military intervention in his country, when he pledged that Afghan security forces would take the lead in combating the Taleban over the next three to five years.
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai has been inaugurated for a second term, pledging that Afghanistan will prosecute corrupt officials and control its own security within five years.As Karzai vowed to make the country safe from an...
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