Karzai pledges to check warlords
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Hamid Karzai formally accepted his election as president of Afghanistan Thursday, a day after a joint UN-Afghan electoral board proclaimed him the victor in the October 9 vote, and said he would not condone the existence of &quot;private militia forces
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KABUL, Afghanistan - President Hamid Karzai has sworn in a new Cabinet, promising the 27-strong group will leave their ethnicities and regional interests at the door in order to work for all of Afghanistan, and vowing swift action against any minister who
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai vowed on  Thursday that a historic presidential election would be  successfully held this weekend and reflect the people's wishes  despite inevitable sabotage attempts by Taliban fighters.
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New York, Dec 13 (PTI) Dismissing threats from the Taliban in the countryside, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said his government was committed to an &quot;honest, accountable and austere regime.
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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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Critics say President Karzai and the West must redouble efforts to boost security and reconstruction.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai plans to address tribal leaders Thursday on the need to eliminate this war-ravaged country&#39;s booming drug trade, an aide said.
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Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai promised Afghans greater security when they go to vote in the country's first ever democratic election during an independence day speech on Wednesday.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai promised yesterday to repatriate 400 Pakistani prisoners who fought with the former ruling Taliban regime and have been held in Afghan jails since 2001, a Pakistani official said.
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In his inaugural speech, Karzai reiterated his main pledges to crack down on drugs, disarm militias and improve living standards. Karzai said his country has &quot;left a hard and dark past behind&quot; and is opening
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President Hamid Karzai has called on neighbouring countries to prevent militants crossing into Afghanistan through poorly monitored borders and cooperate in the "fight against terror."
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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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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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The Taleban are not a threat in Afghanistan, President Karzai says, as the militants vow to step up attacks.
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Hamid Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistan's first democratically elected president promising to restore security to the war-shattered country three years after the fall of the Taliban.
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Kabul: Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday swore in a new cabinet which sidelines powerful warlords and brings in reformers to battle drugs and rebuild the shattered country.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai is in Islamabad for a meeting with his Pakistani counterpart, Pervez Musharraf. Each leader will offer his own agenda for the future of Afghan-Pakistan relations.