Hamid Karzai

The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan Examines Sexual Abuse in Afghanistan

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 02.08.2012 | Impact

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"Western soldiers will no longer be dying on a daily basis and, frankly, who will care any more about the deaths of Afghans after 2014? Can we honestly believe that, in this likely scenario, combating the abuse of poor children will be a priority?"

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Leaked Secret Report Says Taliban On Path To Retake Afghanistan

Reuters | Posted 02.01.2012 | World

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By Hamid Shalizi and Mirwais Harooni KABUL, Feb 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. military said in a secret report the Taliban, backed by Pakista...

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Afghanistan: "Goal" Accomplished

Dorian de Wind | Posted 01.25.2012 | World

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You may call me a flip-flopper, but after supporting our efforts in Afghanistan for so many years, and in view of recent developments, I now have some serious concerns about that war.

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Afghan President Offers Condolences For French Soldiers Killed

AP | By HEIDI VOGT | Posted 01.22.2012 | World

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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai offered his condolences to France's defense minister on Sunday, following the killing of four Fren...

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Fear for the Women of Afghanistan

Dr. Peggy Drexler | Posted 01.17.2012 | Women

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As the United States begins to tidy up its affairs in Afghanistan, I have a bad feeling about the women we'll leave behind.

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Afghanistan: A Non-Kosher U.S. Taliban Deal

Khalil Nouri | Posted 01.11.2012 | World

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The mere idea of talking to the Taliban may seem, in itself, like an admission of defeat by the West. It certainly wasn't the mission plan in 2001, and it may yet have horrible consequences.

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The Latest Skirmish in Afghanistan: Hate to Say We Told You So

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 01.09.2012 | Politics

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The U.S. government can't credibly insist that the Afghans improve their justice system and treatment of detainees if the U.S. military doesn't first get its own detention house in order.

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Slow-Motion Rush to an Afghan Peace

Jeffrey Laurenti | Posted 01.05.2012 | World

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With a whiff of the paranoia that most Afghan leaders have historically and not unreasonably had toward their sworn supporters, both foreign and domestic, Afghan president Hamid Karzai fears being left behind.

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Karzai Demands U.S. To Hand Over Bagram Prison

AP | SLOBODAN LEKIC | Posted 01.06.2012 | World

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KABUL, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai demanded Thursday that the U.S. detention center at Bagram Air Base be handed over to Afghan control...

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Last Chance to Get It Right in Afghanistan

John Sifton | Posted 12.29.2011 | World

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Afghanistan's future should not depend on Hamid Karzai or any other individual, but on democratic institutions that ensure that citizens get the better lives they deserve.

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Killing the Cranes

Nick Mills | Posted 12.26.2011 | Books

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In Edward Girardet's fine new book, Killing the Cranes, there is this damning sentence: "Simply put, it was the U.S. backing for the Islamic extremists in the 1980s that helped produce the current military quagmire in Afghanistan."

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Suicide Bomber Strikes Afghan Funeral, Killing 19

AP | SLOBODAN LEKIC | Posted 12.26.2011 | World

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KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber blew himself up Sunday just after a funeral in northern Afghanistan, killing 19 people, including a member...

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NATO: Afghanistan Night Raids Will Continue

AP | SLOBODAN LEKIC | Posted 12.20.2011 | World

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KABUL, Afghanistan — NATO will carry out nighttime kill-and-capture raids against suspected insurgents with increased participation from Afghan ...

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Despite Lost Drone, Panetta Says Intel Operations Will Continue

AP | By LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 12.14.2011 | World

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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says the U.S. will continue to conduct intelligence operations like the recent one that led to th...

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Imprisoned Rape Victim Freed In Afghanistan

Posted 12.14.2011 | World

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A woman sentenced to 12 years in prison after being raped by her relative in Afghanistan has been freed, according to CNN. The woman, identified on...

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US Special Operations Commander Defends Afghanistan Night Raids

AP | By PATRICK QUINN | Posted 02.10.2012 | World

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KABUL, Afghanistan -- The U.S. Special Operations commander who directed the operation that killed Osama bin Laden defended the unpopular night raids ...

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19 Killed By Roadside Bomb In Southern Afghanistan

AP | DEB RIECHMANN and AMIR SHAH | Posted 02.06.2012 | World

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KABUL, Afghanistan — The fallout from this week's deadly suicide bombing in Kabul has further splintered Afghanistan's relations with neighborin...

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A Passage to Kabul

Franz-Stefan Gady | Posted 02.04.2012 | World

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A recent reading of E. M. Forster's novel, A Passage to India, prompted me to reflect on the West's drawn out engagement in Afghanistan. The centerpi...

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Jailed Afghan Woman Freed But Urged To Marry Rapist

nytimes.com | ALISSA J. RUBIN | Posted 12.02.2011 | World

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KABUL, Afghanistan — When the Afghan government announced Thursday that it would pardon a woman who had been imprisoned for adultery after she repor...

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Afghan President Pardons Imprisoned Rape Victim, Woman Agrees To Marry Attacker

AP | By DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 01.31.2012 | World

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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday pardoned an Afghan woman serving a 12-year prison sentence for having sex out of wedlo...

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Afghanistan's Grand Assembly Gambit in Favor of Alliance With the U.S.

Nake M. Kamrany | Posted 01.28.2012 | World

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Last week President Hamid Karzai called on the Grand Assembly or Loya Jirga of Afghanistan seeking consultation, advice and recommendation concerning ...

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Afghanistan Holds Controversial Grand Council Meeting

AP | By RAHIM FAIEZ | Posted 01.16.2012 | World

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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Insurgents fired two rockets Thursday toward a site where more than 2,000 Afghan elders are attending a national assembly to dis...

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Foreign Minister Rassoul of Afghanistan: "Afghanistan is no longer a source of terrorism"

Elisabeth Braw | Posted 01.08.2012 | World

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Zalmai Rassoul's calm nature serves him well in what may be the world's hardest Foreign Minister post. Ten years after the invasion of Afghanistan, he negotiates with countries eager to get their soldiers back

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General Speaks Frankly About 'Ally' Hamid Karzai

Dorian de Wind | Posted 01.08.2012 | Politics

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About three weeks ago, Reuters quoted Afghan President Hamid Karzai saying: "God forbid, if ever there is a war between Pakistan and America, Afghanis...

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Diplomats Meet In Turkey To Discuss Afghanistan After Troop Withdrawal

AP | CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA and DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 01.01.2012 | World

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ISTANBUL — Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday appealed to Pakistan for help in the investigation of the assassination of an Afghan peace e...

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