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Afghan Leader Says His Office Gets Cash From Iran, US

KABUL, Afghanistan (Oct. 25) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai acknowledged on Monday that he receives millions of dollars in cash from Iran, adding that Washington gives him "bags of money" too because his office lacks funds. U.S. officials said the money flowing from Tehran was further proof that Iran is playing a double...

Report: NATO Escorts Taliban Elites to Peace Talks

(Oct. 20) -- U.S. forces are helping top Taliban fugitives secretly slip from their hideouts in Pakistan and escorting them through neighboring Afghanistan to high-level, face-to-face peace talks with President Hamid Karzai's inner circle. That's according to The New York Times, which quotes unnamed Afghan officials with...

Afghans Vote Amid Threats, Rocket Attacks

(Sept. 18) – Turbaned Afghan men and women in sky-blue burqas thronged to polling places across Afghanistan today to cast ballots for parliament, in elections delayed by bureaucracy and marred by Taliban rockets and bombings. The polls have now closed but turnout figures and results won't be available for weeks....

Karzai Aide, Accused of Corruption, Is Being Paid by the CIA

(Aug. 26) -- It hasn't been the best week for the CIA. On Wednesday, WikiLeaks released a classified "Red Cell" report authored by the agency that depicts the United States as an exporter of international terrorism. Before that, citing anonymous sources, The Wall Street Journal alleged that Afghan President Hamid Karzai's...

Steve Coll: Stop Blaming Afghans for the Mess in Afghanistan

(Aug. 2) -- Though Steve Coll's Pulitzer Prize-winning "Ghost Wars" ends its narrative on Sept. 10, 2001, there's still no better book for understanding the American war in Afghanistan today. The book chronicles U.S. involvement in the country beginning with the Soviet invasion until 9/11, reporting in much detail the...

Background on karzai

Hamid Karzai, GCMG (, ; born 24 December 1957) is the 12th and current President of Afghanistan, taking office on 7 December 2004. He became a dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001. During the December 2001 International Conference on Afghanistan in Germany, Karzai was selected by prominent Afghan political figures to serve a six month term as Chairman of the Interim Administration.

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