KABUL. A day earlier, the coalition formally announced its creation, stressing the need for transparent elections and pledging to field a qualified individual for next year’s presidential election. In a statement from his office, Karzai said he backed the alliance’s…
Former president Hamid Karzai on Monday said killing civilians “is an act against all Islamic and human rules and a crime against humanity.” A statement from Karzai’s media office to Pajhwok Afghan News said a number of Afghan…
KABUL, calling the plan as practical. On Wednesday, the national unity government asserted it desire to strike a “truthful and sustainable peace deal” with the Taliban who are ready for reconciliation. A statement from the ex-president’s office said Karzai commended…
KABUL should be for ensuring peace and stability not for further deteriorating the situation and fueling war. Karzai in his address at the European Institute for Security Studies in Switzerl said the US should respect the Afghan values, customs, laws,…
Former President Hamid Karzai has condemned foreign forces airstrikes in central Logar province which resulted in the killing of innocent civilians, a statement from the ex-president office said on Thursday. The former president termed the airstrikes…
KABUL in its new strategy as a ‘turning point’ but condemned the America’s emphasize on war instead of peace. Under the new US strategy on Afghanistan announced on Monday, the US wouldn’t withdraw its troops from Afghanistan as US President…
The Afghan government on Sunday said the visit of a Pakistani parliamentary delegation to Kabul would help create trust between the two countries. Pakistan’s National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq, heading a parliamentary delegation, arrived in Kabul on Saturday on a…
KABUL as an insurgent group and said he would no longer see the insurgents as ‘brothers.’ Karzai, who throughout his government, had been calling the Taliban as disgruntled brothers of the Afghans. But the shift in his stance comes two…
Former Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai has said the United States and Russia must work together to plot a path along which the Central Asian country could progress. During an interview with EFE in New Delhi on Friday,…
KABUL as 'necessary and effective.' A statement from Karzai’s office said the former president met Alexander Mantytski, Russian Ambassador to Afghanistan, in Kabul on Sunday. It said the ex-president expressed his support and termed the Russian Federation’s keenness to bring…
The unity government leaders on Monday strongly condemned a suicide attack on a religious ceremony in capital Kabul. At least 27 people were killed and 35 others wounded when the suicide attacker struck a religious ceremony in a…
Full-throated slogans against ex-president Hamid Karzai on Friday disrupted a ceremony marking the death anniversary of Burhanuddin Rabbani. The ceremony at the Loya Jirga tent in Kabul began with a speech from Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. Abdullah,…
Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai was frustrated with American policies particularly after the Obama administration coming into power, an American journalist who spent three years in Kabul said Monday. “I saw his journey from being a poppet president…
KABUL, to shun violence and cooperate with the Afghans in bringing peace. In a statement issued by his office, Karzai congratulated all Afghans and the Muslim world over celebrating the religious festival of Eidul Adha. The former president said the…
Former president Hamid Karzai has said ‘irresponsible’ airstrikes by American forces would produce no good results and would face strong reaction from the Afghans. A statement from Karzai office in Kabul said an airstrike by American forces had…
KABUL ambassador in Kabul Syed Ibrar Hussain on Wednesday called on former president Hamid Karzai and both discussed various topics of mutual interests, the Karzai office said. A statement from Hamid Karzai’s office said the Pakistani envoy along with a…
Former president Hamid Karzai on Saturday condemned the killing of civilians in a US drone strike in southern Paktika province. At least 20 people were killed in one strike in Gomal district last week. Provincial council members and…
KABUL to follow suit. A statement from Karzai’s media office said the former president met with the Gulbuddin Hikmatyar-led HIA delegation in Kabul on Thursday. Karzai hoped the peace negotiations would result into durable peace in Afghanistan and said the…
KABUL “continues to be the most notable impediment to regional connectivity and lasting peace.” Karzai was speaking at the inaugural session of the “Raisina Dialogue” India’s flagship conference being organised by Observer Research Foundation and Ministry of External Affairs of…
Former president Hamid Karzai has suggested that Russia, Iran and India should also be included in the ongoing international push to revive the stalled Afghan peace process. In an interview with the Fars News Agency of Iran, Karzai…
Former president Hamid Karzai on Thursday faulted his successor Ashraf Ghani’s remarks regarding Waziristan refugees, saying they are not Pakistani nationals. A day earlier, Ghani thanked Islamabad for hosting Afghan refugees for decades. But he said, over the…
KABUL’s national sovereignty, territorial integrity, culture and traditions so the Afghans have no problem with their presence. The ex-president expressed these views while addressing a gathering marking International Student Day at Kabul University. He recalled the foreigners had come to…
Former president Hamid Karzai on Tuesday condemned the beheading of civilians by Islamic State militants in southern Zabul province and called it terrorism and inhumane act. A statement from Karzai’s office said militants decapitated seven people two days…
KABUL, Hamid Karzai, was launched in Kabul on Saturday. The Hamid Karzai Educational and Cultural Foundation will facilitate education of youth to introduce religious scholars, culturists and national figures to the world. The ex-president and current chairman (volunteer) of the…
