English

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Jobs | Sitemap

Hamid Karzai

Afghan Parliament ratifies strategic pact with US

The agreement signed by Hamid Karzai and Barack Obama would allow the US military to stay in Afghani...

Karzai seeks constructive cooperation from Pak

Hamid Karzai, sought "constructive cooperation" from Pakistan for holding talks with the Taliban and...

Talking with Pak on issues more openly: Karzai

Karzai said his government is talking to Pakistan on a range of issues, including terrorism, in a mo...

Obama meets briefly with Pakistani President

The meeting comes amid tensions over Pakistan`s closure of key transit routes used by NATO to send s...

Australia to give $200 mn aid to Pakistan

Australia will provide over USD 200 million in financial assistance under the Australia-Pakistan De...

Zardari, Karzai agree to extend transit trade

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari said that Islamabad would support every effort for peace and re...

Obama meets Karzai, says hard days ahead

US President Barack Obama and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai discussed transition in Afghanista...

NATO summit: Obama to meet Karzai in Chicago

The decade-old war in Afghanistan will dominate the NATO summit in Chicago slated for May 20-21.

Germany OKs $190 mn fund for Afghan forces

Hamid Karzai expected a total commitment of USD 4.1 billion from the international community for fin...

Hundreds mourn slain Afghan peace negotiator

Arsala Rahmani had reconciled with the Afghan government and was trying to bring peace to his homela...

Afghanistan to take more security control from NATO

The chairman of Afghanistan`s Security Transition Commission said third phase of security transition...

Afghan peace in tatters as negotiator shot dead

The Taliban denied responsibility for the killing, although they had earlier indicated that they wou...

Air strikes could undermine US pact: Karzai

Afghan President has warned that civilian casualties caused by NATO air strikes could undermine the ...

`Taliban grew stronger since 2010 US troop surge`

A report by Senator Dianne Feinstein and Representative Mike Rogers has challenged Barack Obama`s ev...

US `bowed` to Karzai’s ‘hot button demands`

Afghan President Hamid Karzai said the agreement forbids the US from attacking other countries from ...

Afghan Taliban reject safe passage offer

Afghan Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid rejected the possibility of direct talks with the Afghan...

US and Taliban resume talks: Report

The Taliban had opened an office in Qatar on January 03 and named it their "diplomatic office" for t...

US troops` photos `inhuman`, says Karzai; Taliban vow revenge

Afghan President Karzai condemned photos of US soldiers posing with the mangled bodies of insurgents...

Karzai wants `at least $2 bn` a year from US

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday said he wanted "at least USD 2 billion" a year from the Uni...

Afghan President Karzai may call early elections

Karzai said he had been thinking about finding a way to avoid holding the election and the troop pul...

Karzai mulls change in Afghan election timetable

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is mulling changes to the 2014 timetable for national elections.

NATO chief pledges to meet Afghan handover goal

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen stressed that funding and training of Afghan troops by ...

Karzai hails Afghan control in night raids deal

The deal signed Sunday puts Afghans in charge of the night operations.

Karzai invites Gilani for talks on reconciliation

Gilani accepted the invitation and said he would soon visit Kabul.

Afghanistan names general to run US prison

The issue of the release of any of the 3,200 people held in Bagram prison is sensitive to both the U...

Grossman meets Karzai, Afghan High Peace Council

US Special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Mark Grossman discussed with Afghan Prez Hamid Karzai...

US can no longer dictate policy: Iranian leader

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that relations between NATO and Pakistan would become mor...

`US negotiation efforts with Taliban have failed`

The United Nations should take the lead to optimise the chances of ending almost 11 years of war, a ...

Blast kills 8 Afghans, 1 NATO service member

An Afghan official says a bomb exploded near a foot patrol of Afghan and NATO forces in the south of...

Afghan to double the number of students in India

Afghan proposes to double the number of its students in Indian and universities as part of moves to...

West to pay Afghan military $4 bn a year: Karzai

Karzai`s Western allies in the war against Taliban insurgents want to avoid the country descending i...

‘US unlikely to achieve much from Pakistan’

The US is unlikely to achieve much beyond resumption of logistic support from Pakistan, two former ...

Obama calls Karzai; discusses security situation

US President Barack Obama called his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai to discuss the current economic...

Afghan Prez blasts US over probe into shootings

The Afghan leader stressed that he wants a good relationship with the US but that it is becoming inc...

Taliban suspend Afghan talks but US stays `committed`

Afghan President Hamid Karzai called for NATO troops to leave Afghan villages after 16 civilians die...

US plays down Karzai`s order to confine US troops

US said it plans shift to support role in Afghanistan by 2013 so as to complete the security transit...

Moving US soldier from Afghanistan to Kuwait defended

Furious Afghan civilians and members of Parliament have demanded the staff sergeant be tried in Afgh...

Taliban vow revenge for Afghans killed by US soldier

A US soldier walked off his base and broke into the homes of villagers in Kandahar province`s Panjwa...

US fears reprisals after Afghan shooting rampage

The US has rushed to distance the shootings, blamed on a lone US soldier, from efforts of 90,000-str...

Afghan shooting: `Shocked, sad` Obama calls Karzai

A US soldier was detained after 16 Afghan civilians, including nine children, were shot dead near a ...

`US shouldn`t speed up Afghanistan pull out`

US forces are scheduled to cede the lead role in combat operations in Afghanistan next year.

Taliban `Quran revenge’ bombing kills 9 at Afghan airport

A suicide car bomber struck at the gates of Jalalabad airport in eastern Afghanistan, killing nine p...

Afghans launch hunt for ministry shooting suspect

Afghan authorities have identified a suspect in killing of two US military advisers and launched a m...

Quran row: Afghan President renews call for calm

The burning of Qurans at a US base sparked five days of violent protests across Afghanistan.

Obama calls US commander over Afghan violence

Two US soldiers were killed in a shooting at the Afghan Interior Ministry on Saturday.

`Killings of US advisers in Kabul unacceptable`

The two Americans were in the Afghan Interior Ministry when an individual turned his weapon against ...

Six Afghan police die while defusing bomb

Afghanistan`s Ministry of Defence says the soldiers died in Mukar district of Baghdis province in we...

Quran burning: UN complex in Kunduz set ablaze

At least 25 people have been killed since Wednesday, when it first emerged that Qurans had been thro...

Quran burning: NATO urges Afghans to be patient

Afghan security forces are on high alert to deal with expected demonstrations around the country aft...

Quran burning: 24 killed in anti-US protests

The protests flared after Friday prayers, where mullahs condemned "Infidels" for the desecration of ...

Day in pics

left

right

Blogs

View all Blogs

Shahrukh and Mamata - IPL circus
It seemed as if India had won the World Cup.

KKR celebrations mock Bengali pride
The WB govt’s KKR celebration was ‘overboard’.

special

More Special

French Open 2012

World No Tobacco Day

Slildeshow | Interview | Fact File |