Former president Hamid Karzai has met some Afghan political figures and officials of the previous government in London. A BBC report said Karzai recently arrived in London and met with a number of Afghan politicians and former government…
Farmer president Ashraf Ghani has accused the Islamic Emirate of depriving women of their rights and using them for political interests. In his message on the international women’s day celebrated yesterday, Ghani sympathized with Afghan women. He said:…
Former president Hamid Karzai has insisted on immediate launch of a national discourse for permanent peace and stability in the country in his meeting with the UN deputy secretary general. It has been said on a twitter page…
Ex-president Hamid Karzai has asked Pakistan to eschew hurling threats and revisit its policy towards Afghanistan. The current wave of insecurity” in Pakistan had been triggered its government’s policies, the former president explained. Karzai’s remarks came a day…
Former president Hamid Karzai has asked Pakistan to treat Afghan refugees humanely in accordance with universal principles of human rights. Karzai tweeted that the situation of Afghan refugees, especially women and children in Pakistani jails, was painful. He…
Former president Hamid Karzai has asked the Islamic Emirate to urgently reopen girls’ high schools and universities for the sake of the country’s development and reconsider the ban on women aid workers. The Ministry of Higher Education banned…
The United States has committed massive corruption in Afghanistan, alleges former president Hamid Karzai. In an interview published on Tuesday, the long-serving ex-president took full responsibility for the corruption and bribes in the delivery of services in his…
Former president Hamid Karzai has separately met Mohammad Muhaqqiq and Karim Khalili in Turkey and discussed with them the country’s current situation, calling intra-Afghan negotiations the only solution. Mohammad Karim Khalili on his Facebook page wrote that he…
Ex-president Hamid Karzai views a substantive dialogue among Afghans and the reopening of girls’ schools as issues of paramount importance for Afghanistan. He conferred on the subjects at a meeting with the ambassador of Japan here on Wednesday,…
Former president Hamid Karzai is due to travel to Germany in early December. On August 15, 2021, when the Taliban seized power, many senior government officials, including former President Ashraf Ghani, left the country, but Karzai and Dr.…
Former president Hamid Karzai and United Nations secretary-general special representative for Afghanistan Roza Otunbayeva on Thursday stressed the need for initiating a national dialogue for lasting peace and stability in the country. The press office of the former…
Former president Hamid Karzai has expressed sorrow and concern over the detention of hundreds of Afghan refugees including women and children in Pakistan’s Sindh province. A statement issued from the former president’s office said Karzai asked Pakistan to…
US special representative for Afghanistan Thomas West and former president Hamid Karzai have discussed urgent need for a genuine national dialogue among Afghans regarding the future of their country. In a series of tweets, West said: “Good conversation…
Former president Hamid Karzai during a meeting with UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) deputy head Markuz Potzel has stressed the need for early initiation of a national dialogue for permanent stability in the country. The former president’s…
Greeting the Afghans on the eve of Eidul Adha, former president Hamid Karzai urged the caretaker government on Friday to reopen girls schools above sixth grade as soon as possible. In a message from his office, Karzai said…
Ex-president Hamid Karzai has renewed his call for Afghan girls’ immediate return to school, linking the country’s development and prosperity to education. In an interview with a Dubai-based TV channel, he said Afghanistan needed education to cut its…
Former president Hamid Karzai has said that covering the face is not hijab and the all encompassing burqa is not a part of Afghan culture, while the Ministry of Vice and Virtue says that hijab is a divine…
Former president Hamid Karzai and UN Secretary-General Special Representative Deborah Lyons have discussed the situation of Afghan women. They also conferred on the reopening of secondary schools for girls, a statement from Karzai’s office said. The two sides…
Former President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday reiterated his call for the immediate reopening of girls' schools during talks with the US special envoy to Afghanistan. Karzai wrote on his Facebook page that he had a telephonic conversation with…
Afghans want their girls to return to secondary schools at the earliest possible, ex-president Hamid Karzai says. In an interview with the BBC, the former president insisted: “There is no way that the country can live without our…
Ex-president Hamid Karzai has asked the Taliban administration to heed religious scholars’ demand for reopening schools for girls. Last week’s National Dialogue of Afghan Scholars issued an impassioned call for the reopening of girls’ schools. The ulema saw…
Former President Hamid Karzai has said that China is Afghanistan’s good neighbor and friend and expressed hope that the outcome of an upcoming conference on Afghanistan in Beijing would be fruitful. A meeting of foreign ministers focusing on…
Former president Hamid Karzai says all Afghan girls “must definitely” return to school for the country’s prosperity. Sticking to his guns on the issue, Karzai called girls’ education “absolutely” necessary for the well-being of the country. In an…
Former President Hamid Karzai has said the US decision about Afghanistan's frozen assets ‘is a type of pressure’, but the country had no right to mount such pressures and all the frozen capital should be handed over to…
