Hamid Karzai

• Taliban were invited into Kabul, says former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai

  Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai shared how he came to invite the Taliban into Kabul while a deal was worked out so that the city didn't fall into chaos.

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  Dec 15, 2021
  
• Afghanistan swears in new president

  Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai was sworn in Monday as Afghanistan’s new president, replacing Hamid Karzai in the country’s first democratic transfer of power since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion toppled the Taliban.

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  Sep 29, 2014
  
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• Afghan official says cousin of President Karzai assassinated

  An Afghan official says a suicide bomber, his explosives hidden inside his turban, has assassinated the cousin of President Hamid Karzai.

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  Jul 29, 2014
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• Afghan voters brave Taliban threats to choose new president

  Afghans braved threats of violence and searing heat Saturday to vote in a presidential runoff election.

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  Jun 14, 2014
• Afghans to choose new leader amid fears of attacks

  Afghans choose a new president Saturday in a runoff election between two candidates who both promise to improve ties with the West.

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  Jun 13, 2014
• Obama slips into Afghanistan to visit U.S. troops

  U.S. President Barack Obama slipped into Afghanistan for an unannounced visit with American troops, Sunday. He did not meet with President Hamid Karzai.

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  May 25, 2014
• Obama tells Pentagon to plan for Afghan pullout

  Frustrated with his Afghan counterpart, President Barack Obama is ordering the Pentagon to accelerate planning for a full U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan by the end of this year.

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  Feb 26, 2014
• Taliban checkpoint attack kills 21 Afghan soldiers

  Taliban insurgents assaulted a checkpoint in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, leaving 19 soldiers dead and seven missing, officials said.

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  Feb 23, 2014
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• Afghanistan frees 65 inmates U.S. calls ‘dangerous’

  An Afghan official says the government has freed 65 accused militants from a former U.S. prison despite protests from the American military.

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  Feb 13, 2014
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• McCain warns Karzai, but confident on Afghan security deal

  Republican John McCain said U.S. senators have warned Afghanistan's president that failure to sign a Afghan-U.S. security deal would be risky for the country.

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  Jan 2, 2014