Karzai Sidelines Warlords, Elevates Opium Fight in Choosing Afghan ...
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President Hamid Karzai chose a new cabinet on Thursday, heeding calls to sideline warlords from top positions and creating a new post to spearhead the fight against opium production.
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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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Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Wednesday that recent turmoil in Pakistan showed that a "political mutant" of extremism was stalking the region.
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Afghans should stand on their own feet to save their country from further foreign meddling, President Hamid Karzai said on Tuesday, listing a lack of rule of law and the drugs trade as the main challenges.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Two days after being sworn in as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president, Hamid Karzai called on his countrymen yesterday to wage holy war against the booming Afghan opium trade, which he described as a worse &quot;cancer&quot; than terrorism or the Soviet invasion of 1979.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai chose a new cabinet on Thursday, heeding calls to sideline warlords from top positions and creating a new post to spearhead the fight against opium production.
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The public feud between Hamid Karzai and Pervez Musharraf underscores the challenges that lie ahead in the American-led effort to stabilize Afghanistan.
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Hamid Karzaiâs rivals say itâs still too early to concede Afghanistanâs inaugural presidential election, despite the interim leaderâs dominant showing after three days of vote-counting.
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A veteran Afghan warlord wanted by the U.S. distanced himself from the Taliban and gave his strongest indication yet that he was open to talks with embattled President Hamid Karzai.
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Two days after being sworn in as Afghanistan&#39;s first popularly elected president, Hamid Karzai called on his countrymen Thursday to wage holy war against the
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Afghanistanâs President Hamid Karzai has declared a âholy warâ on Afghanistanâs runaway narcotics industry, calling for international aid to counter a threat he said was more dangerous than any his country has faced in more than 20 years of war.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - In the face of pressure from the American government, the administration of President Hamid Karzai is seeking the formation of an international scientific committee to review the safety of chemical herbicides to combat Afghanistan's opium poppy crop, Afghan and Western officials say.
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KABUL President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan appointed two warlords and former cabinet members to influential governorships in an effort to keep the strongmen happy - but outside of his central government.
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KABUL In his inaugural address last week, President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan laid out his priorities for the next five years. Chief among them was stopping the country&#39;s growing drug trade.
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President Hamid Karzai took the helm yesterday of a country whose revival is threatened by a growing opium trade and a persistent Taliban insurgency, pledging to bring stability and prosperity to Afghanistan even as rebels made attacks near the Pakistani
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PESHAWAR, Oct 18: Afghan President Hamid Karzai continued to maintain his lead over his rival candidates in the presidential elections.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Hamid Karzai pledged yesterday to use his five-year term as Afghanistan's first elected president to crack down on warlords and the reemerging country's booming drug economy.