Karzai Vows Crackdown on Warlords, Drugs
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Hamid Karzai pledged Thursday to use his five-year term as Afghanistan&#39;s first elected president to crack down on warlords and the country&#39;s booming drug economy.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai has officially taken office, warning of the risks posed by terrorism and the illicit drug trade. Mr.
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KABUL (CP) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai took the helm Tuesday of a country whose revival is threatened by a surging drug trade and a stubbornly persistent Taliban insurgency, pledging in his inaugural address to bring stability and prosperity, even as
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President Hamid Karzai accused NATO and U.S.-led troops Saturday of carelessly killing scores of Afghan civilians and warned that the fight against resurgent Taliban militants could fail unless foreign forces show more restraint.
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The Taliban threatened Monday to launch  attacks during the swearing in of Afghan President Hamid Karzai  while the U.S. military said every precaution was being taken  to protect a ceremony to be attended by top U.S. officials.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- New Afghan President Hamid Karzai is preparing to meet tribal leaders in a bid to step up the fight against the country&#39;s drug trade.
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With his inauguration to a five-year term a month away, the US-backed Karzai already is under pressure to ditch his coalition with powerful warlords and tackle a booming narcotics industry that has become a major economic force in one of the world&#39;s
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The Afghan leader Hamid Karzai has said the country&#39;s rampant drugs trade is a national disgrace. He said that if it was not brought under control, it could present a more serious threat than the Russian invasion of Afghanistan 25 years ago.
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KABUL: A leading rights group urged Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday to sideline warlords implicated in rights abuses and strengthen his governmentâs commitment to improving security and the rule of law when he announces a new cabinet after
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The presidents of Pakistan and Afghanistan pledged Wednesday to increase the cooperation of their intelligence agencies and tighten border controls in an effort to crack down on Taliban and al-Qaida-linked militants along the two countries' chaotic border region.
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Hamid Karzai was sworn in as  Afghanistan's first popularly elected president Tuesday,  promising to bring peace to the war-torn nation and end the  economy's dependence on narcotics.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai has called a two-day meeting of tribal elders and provincial officials to discuss strategies to combat the country&#39;s burgeoning drug trade.
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President Hamid Karzai on Thursday condemned the use of gunfire by U.S. troops to suppress Afghans angered by a traffic accident involving a military truck that sparked the worst riots in the capital since the fall of the Taliban.
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KABUL, Dec 23  - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has appointed a new cabinet which pushes out warlords and installs technocrats capable of fighting drugs and driving reform, the presidential palace said Thursday.
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ONLY two days after his inauguration, Afghan President Hamid Karzai is already trying to get the message out: his country has to stem its booming drugs trade if it is to move forward.
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KABUL -- Hamid Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president yesterday, vowing to battle terrorism and the booming narcotics trade and calling for continued international support for his country's fledgling democracy.
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Clashes and bombings killed 34 Taliban fighters and one policeman in Afghanistan, while President Hamid Karzai told the U.N. Wednesday that terrorist sanctuaries elsewhere must be destroyed to eliminate the violence engulfing his country.