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Karzai: Afghanistan to back Pakistan if it wars with U.S.
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Afghanistan would support Pakistan in case of military conflict between Pakistan and the United States, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said in an interview to a private Pakistani TV channel broadcast on Saturday. The remarks were in sharp contrast to recent tension between the two neighbors over cross-border…
Clinton headed to Pakistan to push cooperation
KABUL (Reuters) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday she was looking for a “reality check” on a visit to Afghanistan, where she also pushed for closer cooperation with neighboring Pakistan on both the war and economic development. Clinton will fly on to Islamabad, a U.S. official said, where…
Clinton in Afghanistan seeks political end to war
KABUL — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Kabul on Wednesday on a diplomatic drive ahead of international conferences to be held later this year aimed at finding a peaceable end to the 10-year war. Clinton’s plane touched down in Kabul at 9:15pm (16:45 GMT) for a visit…
Afghanistan to probe Rabbani killing
KABUL — Afghan President Hamid Karzai Sunday appointed a team to investigate the assassination of peace envoy Burhanuddin Rabbani as officials insisted they were getting “closer to the truth” about his death. Rabbani, chairman of Karzai’s High Peace Council, was killed by a turban bomber who had purported to be…
NATO investigating deadly Afghanistan helicopter crash
KABUL (Reuters) – NATO troops tried to ascertain on Sunday if Taliban insurgents had shot down a troop-carrying helicopter in Afghanistan, killing 38 people in the largest loss of life suffered by foreign troops in a single incident in 10 years of war. In what has proved to be a…
Long-term deal with U.S. must be on Afghan terms: Karzai
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Tuesday that Afghanistan will only sign a long-term “strategic partnership” deal with Washington if the United States meets Afghan conditions including an end to controversial night raids on homes. He also pledged that Afghanistan would pay for its own armed forces…
No permanent U.S. bases in Afghanistan: U.S. ambassador
KABUL (Reuters) – The United States has no interest in creating permanent military bases in Afghanistan and does not want to use the country as a platform to influence neighboring countries, the new U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan said Monday. Washington is negotiating with the Afghan government on a deal to…
U.S. ambassador warns Karzai over criticism of West
KABUL (Reuters) – The U.S. ambassador to Kabul has issued a thinly veiled warning to Afghan President Hamid Karzai that harsh criticisms of the West could jeopardize the troops and funding critical to the Afghan government’s survival. Ambassador Karl Eikenberry said he found comments from “some” Afghan leaders “hurtful and…
Afghan president orders NATO killing probe
KABUL — Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday ordered an investigation into the deaths of six people in a raid by NATO forces over conflicting claims that they were civilians or insurgents. On Monday, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) raided a house in the northern province of Sari…
Afghan leader condemns US ‘kill team’
KABUL — Afghan President Hamid Karzai spoke out for the first time Wednesday about the “heart-rending” media accounts of a rogue US army unit accused of deliberately killing civilians for sport. In his first public reaction to the scandal, Hamid Karzai said he wanted to ensure ordinary Americans knew about…
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