Topic: Hamid Karzai
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hamid Karzai has said privately he intends to step down in 2014 as president of Afghanistan as required by the country's constitution, Defense Secretary Robert Gates told a Senate panel on Wednesday.Afghanistan's constitution limits a president to two terms ...
President Barack Obama's pick for envoy to Kabul warned America could not afford the "disastrous" consequences of walking away from Afghanistan, as debate raged over a pending US troop drawdown.Ryan Crocker acknowledged at his Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday that making progress in ...
US President Barack Obama returned to the US capital early on Saturday after a surprise visit to Afghanistan where he assured US troops they were winning the war against the Taliban.A plane carrying the president touched down at Andrews Air Force Base ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai during a recent visit, said on Sunday he was "stunned" at Karzai's comments to a Washington newspaper, which appeared at odds with U.S. military strategy.In an interview with ...
Obama assures Karzai that change in command does not mean US policy changesThe White House says President Barack Obama has spoken with Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai to assure him that the change in war command does not affect U.S. policy on Afghanistan.Obama ...
From gala receptions to long walks in the park, the Barack Obama administration is embracing a brand of personality politics with the leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan that it once scorned.Taking office, Obama made the fight against extremism in Pakistan and Afghanistan ...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrived Monday in the United States to start a four-day visit aimed at improving relations with the Obama administration after public spats, an official said.US officials welcomed Karzai at Andrews Air Force Base near the capital, Afghan official ...
White House tries to start fresh with Afghan leader as it contemplates exit from unpopular warThe Obama administration has tried sidelining, snubbing and strong-arming Hamid Karzai, with little to show for each approach. Now the administration is trying to hold its tongue ...
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - The United States expects Afghan President Hamid Karzai to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington next month as planned, a top official said on Friday, despite recent exchanges that exposed a long-standing rift between ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States suggested on Tuesday it might cancel a meeting between President Barack Obama and President Hamid Karzai in the White House next month if the Afghan leader persisted with anti-Western comments.Intensifying tensions between the two nations, White ...
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