First Popularly-Elected Afghan President Urges Iraqis to ...
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Less than a week after he was formally inaugurated as Afghanistan&#39;s first popularly-elected president, Hamid offered words of advice for the people of Iraq, who are preparing to go to the polls next month.
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KABUL  - Afghanistan&#39;s newly elected President Hamid Karzai vowed to eliminate private militias as he acknowledged his victory for the first time in the country&#39;s historic October 9 ballot.
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GHAZNI, Afghanistan  - Afghan President Hamid  Karzai campaigned on Tuesday for the first time since an  assassination attempt last month, telling cheering supporters  that a historic vote in four days would be a turning point for  the war-torn nation.
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Hamid Karzai becomes Afghanistan&#39;s first democratically elected president today at an inauguration ceremony in the capital Kabul, as the United Nations said warlords and drug trafficking threaten the country&#39;s security.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghanistan&#39;s capital is under tight security for the inauguration of Hamid Karzai as the country&#39;s first popularly elected president.
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Afghanistan's first democratically elected president, Hamid Karzai, strongly hinted in an interview that he will not run for another term in office.
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Kabul, Dec 7 (UNI) Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, sworn-in today as the first democratically elected head of his state, praised India&#39;s role in the reconstruction of the war-ravaged country.
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KABUL - Only two days after his inauguration, President Hamid Karzai is already trying to get the message out -- Afghanistan needs to stem its booming drugs trade if the country is going to move forward.
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Hamid Karzai was sworn in on Tuesday as Afghanistan's first democratically elected president at a ceremony attended by Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Minister Donald Rumsfeld.
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KABUL  - Hamid Karzai will seek to rebuild Afghanistan after his inauguration as the devastated country&#39;s first freely elected president by tackling the twin scourge of drugs and warlords, his spokesman said.
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Hamid Karzai warns of the dangers of extremism and drugs as he is sworn in as Afghanistan's elected leader.
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: Interim leader Hamid Karzai, was on course on Sunday to become Afghanistan&#39;s first popularly elected leader, as results poured in from its landmark vote for President.
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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, 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.
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In a BBC interactive forum, Afghan interim President Hamid Karzai pledges a new form of inclusive government if elected.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai want to see win an election on October 9, said today that foreign troops would remain until the country&#39;s own fledgling forces can take the charge of stability.
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Hamid Karzai, who was sworn in Tuesday as Afghanistan&#39;s first popularly elected president, said today that he planned to destroy the country&#39;s flourishing poppy fields.