News on Hamid Karzai

Afghan parliament opens, paves way for bigger battle

2011-01-25T23:30:04Z

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai will open parliament on Wednesday, ending a standoff with lawmakers, but setting the stage for a longer battle against an assembly he has long ignored.

Afghanistan's government was plunged into political crisis...

Afghanistan

2011-01-04T06:02:26Z

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a gathering marking the seventh adoption year of Afghanistan's Constitution in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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WikiLeaks Afghanistan

2010-12-31T09:31:40Z

FILE - In this Dec. 24, 2010 file photo, Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a news conference in Istanbul, Turkey. U.S. officials pressured Afghan President Hamid Karzai to remove a former warlord from the helm of Afghanistan's ene...

Afghanistan Pakistan

2010-12-04T12:31:40Z

Afghan President Hamid Karzai gestures during a joint press conference with Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on Saturday, Dec 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

Kazakhstan OSCE Summit

2010-12-03T11:30:52Z

Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrives for the OSCE Summit at the Palace of Independence in Astana, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. The OSCE Summit offers a unique opportunity to address urgent security challenges including transnational threats such as terrorism and trafficking, and the recent unrest in Afghan President Hamid Karzai, on his way to deliver a speech on women's rights, in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. President Hamid Karzai said he was happy the results from the Sept. 18 elections were being announced, and called on losing candidates not to take their complaints to the streets but instead to those empowered to deal with them. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq...