President Hamid Karzai

Complaints Of Afghan Election Fraud Serious Enough To Affect Results

Reuters | Posted 09.28.2009 | World


KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Electoral Complaints Commission has received more than 2,000 complaints of fraud or abuse in last week's disputed pres...

Karzai Leads In Polls Going Into Afghan Presidential Election

AP | FISNIK ABRASHI | Posted 09.14.2009 | World


KABUL — A new poll released Friday shows President Hamid Karzai has a commanding lead over other candidates contesting next week's Afghan presid...

Afghan Elections Will Continue With Taliban Truces

The New York Times | CARLOTTA GALL and SANGAR RAHIMI | Posted 08.27.2009 | World


KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Afghan government said Monday that it had arranged a truce with a group of Taliban in a district in northern Afghanistan in ...

HamidKarzai.com Shut Down: Afghan Government Blocks Access To Critical Websites

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO and RAHIM FAIEZ | Posted 08.18.2009 | World


KABUL — The Afghan government has blocked access to four Web sites with President Hamid Karzai's name in the address that are critical of the Afghan...

Afghan Election: Karzai Reelection No Longer A Guarantee

Washington Post | Posted 08.13.2009 | World


His portrait adorns giant billboards in every corner of the capital: hugging a child, making a speech and smiling serenely atop comforting platitudes ...

Karzai 'Rape Law' Draws International Fire

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.02.2009 | World


The Afghan law signed by President Karzai last month -- that essentially legalizes the rape of Shia women within marriage -- is drawing wide criticism...

Karzai's Presidential Term Extended 3 More Months

Quqnoos | Posted 04.30.2009 | World


Afghan top court has extended Karzai's presidential term for additional three months till the transition of power in August 09. ...

Gul Agha Sherzai, Former Afghani Warlord, To Fight Karzai In Elections

The Independent | Jerome Starkey | Posted 04.09.2009 | World


A former warlord tipped to unseat Hamid Karzai in Afghanistan's coming elections has backed President Barack Obama's plans to negotiate with the Talib...

I Wanted to Stop Bush's Surge, but I Support Obama's Stabilization

Jonathan Powers | Posted 03.21.2009 | World


Jonathan Powers

I hope you will join me in supporting our President Obama and our troops who work to stabilize this "deteriorating situation."

Obama Approves Troop Increase To Afghanistan: Global Responses (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Jessica Gusman | Posted 03.21.2009 | World


Yesterday President Barack Obama approved the deployment of 17,000 United States troops to Afghanistan, AFP reports. The move led to responses from ac...

US pays $40,000 after 15 Afghans die in raid

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 02.27.2009 | World


TAGAB VALLEY, Afghanistan — U.S. commanders on Tuesday traveled to a poor Afghan village and distributed $40,000 to relatives of 15 people kille...

Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai Sends Demands To US On Troop Conduct

AP | RAHIM FAIEZ | Posted 01.18.2009 | World


KABUL, Afghanistan — The Afghan president has sent a list of demands to the United States government about troop conduct ahead of the arrival of...