Afghan president under fire over poverty
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The bloodiest fighting since the Taliban's fall, abject failure to control the drug trade and gaping disparities between rich and poor are shaking the credibility of Afghanistan's U.S.-backed President Hamid Karzai.
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The NATO force in Afghanistan said Sunday President Hamid Karzai was right to be angry about civilian casualties in its military operations, and it needed to improve the way it worked.
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KABUL, June 23 -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai chastised U.S. and NATO-led troops Saturday for their "careless operations" and accused them of killing more than 90 civilians in the past 10 days, even as fresh reports emerged of more non-combatant deaths.
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KABUL, Afghanistan Sept. 7, 2004 - Afghanistan&#39;s historic election campaign got under way Tuesday, pitting 17 hopefuls against interim leader Hamid Karzai in the race to become the impoverished country&#39;s first popularly elected president.
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An Afghan provincial governor has lashed out against the government of President Hamid Karzai, saying there was a "vacuum of authority" in remote areas that the Taliban or criminals would fill.
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Hundreds of supporters of the deposed governor of Afghanistan&#39;s western province of Herat took to the streets and burned United Nations offices on Sunday to protest against his removal by President Hamid Karzai.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 30 -- Just a week after Afghan President Hamid Karzai chastised international forces for being "careless," Afghan officials reported Saturday that possibly 100 or more civilians had been killed in a NATO and U.S.-led assault.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Hamid Karzai's inauguration as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president opens a new chapter in the battle to rescue this impoverished country, which became a haven for international terrorism and now risks turning into a narco-state.
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Hamid Karzai is about to win in Afghanistan&#39;s first direct presidential election, but the returns show that dangerous ethnic divides could become a major problem if he wins.
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Pakistan's president criticises Afghanistan for not doing enough to fight Taleban militants on their border.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai plans to address tribal leaders Thursday on the need to eliminate this war-ravaged country's booming drug trade, an aide said.
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President Karzai hits out at Pakistan for continuing violence, accusing it of trying to turn Afghans into "slaves".
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GARDEZ, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai had to abort a rare campaign rally Thursday in this town southeast of the capital when a rocket was fired over his helicopter as it began to land.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Protesters angered at President Hamid Karzai's sacking of a warlord governor in the west of the country ransacked U.N. compounds and clashed with security forces Sunday, leaving as many as three people dead and dozens wounded, including several U.S...
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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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November 5, 2004 -- KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said yesterday there was no future for the warlords or drug barons who flourished during three decades of conflict in Afghanistan.
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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.