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NATO to endorse Afghan strategy despite Karzai row (Reuters)

November 17th, 2010

Sgt. Ysidro Gonzalez, of Alice, Texas, from 1st Battalion, 8th Marines Alpha Company storms through the door of a compound after the door was blown open to search for bomb-making materials during a patrol that came under fire from Taliban insurgents in the town of Nabuk in Helmand province, in this October 26, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly/FilesReuters - NATO leaders will endorse a plan this week to bring troops home from Afghanistan gradually despite a dispute between President Hamid Karzai and the alliance’s commander that highlights…

Gates sees no gap with Karzai on Afghan war strategy (Reuters)

November 16th, 2010

Sgt. Ysidro Gonzalez, of Alice, Texas, from 1st Battalion, 8th Marines Alpha Company storms through the door of a compound after the door was blown open to search for bomb-making materials during a patrol that came under fire from Taliban insurgents in the town of Nabuk in Helmand province, in this October 26, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly/FilesReuters - Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday rejected suggestions that Afghan President Hamid Karzai was increasingly at odds with the United States over war strategy.


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Karzai wants U.S. to cut back Afghan military operations (Reuters)

November 14th, 2010

Afghan president Hamid Karzai speaks during his visit to Paktika province November 2, 2010. REUTERS/Omar SobhaniReuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai wants the U.S. military to scale back the visibility and intensity of its operations in Afghanistan and end night raids that he said incited…

Afghan President Hamid Karzai Taking Money from Tehran (Time.com)

October 25th, 2010

Time.com - Reports of Tehran sending bags of cash to the Afghan President are greeted with a shrug — after all, Iran has always been a key supporter of the…

Karzai says his office gets cash from Iran, US (AP)

October 25th, 2010

Afghan President Hamid Karzai listens during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 25, 2010. Karzai told reporters that once or twice a year Iran gives his office $700,000 to $975,000 for official presidential expenses. He said the U.S. has known about the Iranian assistance for years and that Washington also gives the palace 'bags of money.'  (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)AP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Monday that once or twice a year, Iran gives his office $700,000 to $975,000 for official presidential expenses and that Washington also provides…

Karzai seeks list of aid projects needing security (AP)

October 24th, 2010

An Afghan works at a bakery in the city of Kandahar,  south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)AP - The Afghan president on Sunday asked for a list of national aid projects that need protection by private security guards, potentially signaling his wish to reach a compromise…

Afghan lawmaker: Karzai in talks with Haqqani (AP)

October 20th, 2010

Fazl Ahmed Manawi, chairman of the Afghan Independent Election Commission (IEC), speaks during a news conference in Kabul October 20, 2010. Almost a quarter of the 5.6 million votes cast in Afghanistan's parliamentary election last month were invalid, election commission officials said while releasing provisional results on Wednesday. Afghanistan's IEC said it had ruled 1.3 million votes invalid, and that ballots collected from 2,543 of the 17,744 polling stations which opened for the Sept. 18 vote had been disqualified. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: ELECTIONS POLITICS)AP - The Afghan government has been in reconciliation talks for months with members of a Taliban faction closely tied to al-Qaida and responsible for lethal attacks on coalition forces…

Karzai tearful as bombing kills Afghan official (AP)

September 28th, 2010

A British soldier mans his position at the rear of a helicopter as it is flies over Helmand province in Afghanistan in August, 2010. Security forces Monday stepped up the hunt for British woman and three Afghans reportedly working for a US development group who were kidnapped in eastern Afghanistan, police said.(AFP/Pool/File/Andrew Winning)AP - A suicide bomber killed a deputy provincial governor and five others Tuesday in eastern Afghanistan, police said. Later, a tearful President Hamid Karzai decried the violence, fretting that…

Karzai marks 9/11 with appeal over civilian deaths (AP)

September 11th, 2010

Smoke rises after NATO aircrafts conducted an air strike near the Arghandab river, south of Senjeray village, Kandahar province, where U.S. commanders had identified as insurgent positions Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Todd Pitman)AP - President Hamid Karzai marked the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks in the U.S. on Saturday by insisting the origins of the continued Taliban insurgency are…

Karzai marks 9-11 with appeal over civilian deaths (AP)

September 11th, 2010

Smoke rises after NATO aircrafts conducted an air strike near the Arghandab river, south of Senjeray village, Kandahar province, where U.S. commanders had identified as insurgent positions Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Todd Pitman)AP - President Hamid Karzai marked the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks in the U.S. on Saturday by insisting the origins of the continued Taliban insurgency are…