GenevaLunch » Hamid Karzai http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Sun, 27 May 2012 07:51:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Obama promises to “finish the job” in Afghan speechhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/02/obama-promises-to-finish-the-job-in-afghan-speech/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/02/obama-promises-to-finish-the-job-in-afghan-speech/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 12:39:46 +0000 Paula Dupraz http://genevalunch.com/?p=69815 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – US President Barack Obama promised to “finish the job” begun in Afghanistan, in a speech pronounced during a surprise visit to a US military base in the country, Wednesday morning 2 May. The president’s speech, which takes place a year after Osama Bin Laden’s death and broadcast from Bagram Air Base to [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/02/obama-promises-to-finish-the-job-in-afghan-speech/feed/ 0 Afghans blame UK for introducing fake Talib to Afghan presidenthttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/11/26/afghans-blame-uk-for-introducing-fake-talib-to-afghan-president/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/11/26/afghans-blame-uk-for-introducing-fake-talib-to-afghan-president/#comments Fri, 26 Nov 2010 11:39:07 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=50403 GenevaLunch.com Mohammad Umer Daudzai, Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s chief of staff, said 25 November that foreigners should stay out of the delicate negotiations going on between Afghan authorities and the Taliban. “The last lesson we draw from this: International partners should not get excited so quickly with those kind of things. . . . Afghans know [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/11/26/afghans-blame-uk-for-introducing-fake-talib-to-afghan-president/feed/ 0 Experts downplay seriousness of Afghan peace talkshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/10/25/experts-downplay-seriousness-of-afghan-peace-talks/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/10/25/experts-downplay-seriousness-of-afghan-peace-talks/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 06:49:36 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=48980 GenevaLunch.com The high-level peace talks between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and senior Taliban leaders are little more than “exchanges of cash and prisoners”, according to the Guardian. It is not unusual, experts say, that fighting and talking go on simultaneously, and war has traditionally been conducted this way. Also, the US military needs to show that [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/10/25/experts-downplay-seriousness-of-afghan-peace-talks/feed/ 0 Afghan officials, Taliban holding “unofficial” talkshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/10/11/afghan-officials-taliban-holding-unofficial-talks/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/10/11/afghan-officials-taliban-holding-unofficial-talks/#comments Mon, 11 Oct 2010 06:06:58 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=48448 GenevaLunch.com US TV talk show host Larry King was told by Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai in an exclusive interview that his government is holding “unofficial” talks with the Taliban in order to advance peace talks. He cited a new High Peace Council, led by former President Buhanuddin Rabbani, with the goal of bringing the Taliban into [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/10/11/afghan-officials-taliban-holding-unofficial-talks/feed/ 0 Afghanistan’s president blames UN for election fraudhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/01/afghanistans-president-blames-un-for-election-fraud/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/01/afghanistans-president-blames-un-for-election-fraud/#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:29:48 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=39548 GenevaLunch.com Hamid Karzai, the president of Afghanistan, has pointed a finger at the United Nations, and in particular at Peter Galbraith, the then deputy head of the UN mission Afghanistan, as the source of “massive” election fraud in 2009. The disputed presidential elections, which Karzai won despite having a high number of votes for him rejected [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/01/afghanistans-president-blames-un-for-election-fraud/feed/ 0 Afghanistan’s president takes control of election bodyhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/23/afghanistans-president-takes-control-of-election-body/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/23/afghanistans-president-takes-control-of-election-body/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:09:31 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=37585 GenevaLunch.com Hamid Karzai, president of Afghanistan, has announced that he now has the power to appoint all five members of the country’s Electoral Complaints Commission, a body that has had until now three foreigners appointed by the United Nations. Western governments are expressing their dismay at the move. The commission played a key role in 2009 [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/23/afghanistans-president-takes-control-of-election-body/feed/ 0 Taliban in concerted attack on centre of Kabulhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/01/18/taliban-in-concerted-attack-on-centre-of-kabul/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/01/18/taliban-in-concerted-attack-on-centre-of-kabul/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:49:53 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=35466 GenevaLunch.com Suicide bombers and commando-style Taliban militants have attacked several targets in the centre of Kabul, Afghanistan, leaving at least five dead and dozens wounded. The militants targeted government buildings and banks in the centre of the city 18 January, and Afghan security forces initially struggled to respond and restore order. Two central shopping centres are [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/01/18/taliban-in-concerted-attack-on-centre-of-kabul/feed/ 0 Security in Kabul high for Karzai swearing-in, Peshawar bomb kills 15http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/19/security-in-kabul-high-for-karzai-swearing-in-peshawar-bomb-kills-15/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/19/security-in-kabul-high-for-karzai-swearing-in-peshawar-bomb-kills-15/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:31:38 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=31862 GenevaLunch.com Hamid Karzai’s inauguration for a second term as president of Afghanistan has come with unusually high security in the capital Kabul, and renewed pleas to step up the fight against corruption, from former US President Bill Clinton and other world leaders. Regular flights in and out of the city have been cancelled, citizens urged to [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/19/security-in-kabul-high-for-karzai-swearing-in-peshawar-bomb-kills-15/feed/ 0 Japan ups aid, US to target corruption in Afghanistanhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/10/japan-ups-aid-us-to-target-corruption-in-afghanistan/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/10/japan-ups-aid-us-to-target-corruption-in-afghanistan/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:52:25 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=31248 GenevaLunch.com Japan has pledged $5 billion in additional assistance to Afghanistan’s government just days before US President Obama arrives in Tokyo for an official visit on Friday, 13 November. The increase in aid will go towards building schools, demining, training policement, and rehabilitating Taliban fighters. Obama is to announce a new strategy for the US presence [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/10/japan-ups-aid-us-to-target-corruption-in-afghanistan/feed/ 1 Afghan run-off election set for 7 Novemberhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/20/afghan-run-off-election-set-for-7-november/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/20/afghan-run-off-election-set-for-7-november/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:40:53 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=30121 GenevaLunch.com Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said at a news conference in Kabul 20 October that there will be a run-off election 7 November between himself and his nearest opponent Abdullah Abdullah. Bowing to unprecedented international pressure, he said he accepted the revised results of the Independent Election Commission, which last week received the results of [...]

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