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October 25, 2010

Canadian Military Using Private Afghan Security Despite Pending Ban

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Canada's military command in Kandahar undertook a review of its contracts with private security companies following President Hamid Karzai's decree this [...]

October 25, 2010

Hamid Karzai Admits Office Received 'bags Of Money' From Iran

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Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, has admitted his office receives six figures sums in "bags of money" from Iran to help with "expenses". [...]

October 26, 2010

Private US Security Firms Accused Of Graft

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AFGHAN President Hamid Karzai yesterday accused United States private security companies, including the firm formerly known as Blackwater, of corruption and [...]

October 25, 2010

Karzai Determined To Ban Mercenaries

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he is steadfast in his decision to dissolve foreign security firms in the country despite US pressure to reconsider the [...]

October 25, 2010

Afghan Lawmaker: Karzai In Talks With Haqqani

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The parliamentarian, who requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the talks, said President Hamid Karzai's government had been in direct contact [...]

October 25, 2010

Pakistan In Dark On Karzai Peace Plan

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ISLAMABAD — Pakistan said on Friday that Afghan President Hamid Karzai had yet to share his peace plans with Islamabad, fuelling suggestions that the [...]

October 26, 2010

Iran Sends Bagsful Of Cash To Karzai

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US taxpayers, it seems, are not the only ones being taken for a ride by Afghan President Hamid Karzai. The New York Times reported on October 23 that [...]

October 25, 2010

Talks With The Taliban Still Face Many Hurdles

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Since President Hamid Karzai established a peace council last month to midwife negotiations between his government and the insurgents, an avalanche of media [...]

October 25, 2010

Karzai's Cash

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Iran also co-operated in setting up the government of President Karzai. The Iranian and Afghan governments have continued to maintain friendly relations. [...]

October 26, 2010

Taliban Peace Talks With Hamid Karzai Are 'mostly Hype'

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Karzai claimed to "have had personal meetings with some Taliban leaders" and has set up a high peace council with the aim of pursuing a political settlement [...]

October 26, 2010

US 'Skeptical' Of Iranian Motives In Cash Payments To Karzai Aides

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The State Department on Monday said it is skeptical about Iranian motives in providing large cash payments to aides to Afghan President Hamid Karzai. [...]

October 26, 2010

4 Afghan Policemen Killed By Bomb Blast

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Karzai told reporters that once or twice a year Iran gives his office $700000 to $975000 for official presidential expenses. He said the US has known about [...]

October 26, 2010

Karzai's Acknowledgement Of Bags Of Iranian Cash: Why Now?

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai's admission that his office has taken 'bags of money' from Iran are part of an effort to undermine Tehran's role in [...]

October 25, 2010

Factbox: Incidents Stirring U.S.

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The US army crimes unit is investigating the case, which could become the latest incident to fuel tensions between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and [...]

October 26, 2010

Three Questions About Karzai Accepting Iranian Cash

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Daniel Markey Council on Foreign Relations Afghan President Hamid Karzai acknowledged Monday that his office receives large cash payments in "bags of money" [...]

October 25, 2010

Military Wants Private Security Firm Licensed

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Task Force Kandahar conducted a review of its private security contracts following a decree earlier this year by Afghan President Hamid Karzai banning most [...]

October 26, 2010

Karzai, On Iran's Payroll, Can't Be Trusted

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President Hamid Karzai has put himself out to bid. For the past several years, Iran has shipped shopping bags brimming with Euro bills to the Afghan leader, [...]

October 26, 2010

Pakistan Kept In The Dark About Afghan Peace Contacts

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NATO and Afghan officials have confirmed preliminary contacts between President Hamid Karzai's government and the Taliban, whose leadership is based in [...]

October 25, 2010

Why Karzai Readily Admits Receiving Bags Of Iranian Cash

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he accepts bags of cash from Iran. What do the Iranians want in return? Afghan President Hamid Karzai talks to the [...]

October 26, 2010

Tajik President Says Fighting Against Insurgents In East 'Under Control'

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Rahmon said at a press conference in Kabul on October 25 after talks with his Afghan counterpart, Hamid Karzai, that the media has overestimated the number [...]

October 26, 2010

US Concern As Karzai Defends Receiving Iran Cash

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KABUL — The White House voiced its concern about Iran's "negative influence" on Afghanistan after President Hamid Karzai admitted receiving bags of cash [...]

October 26, 2010

Useful Idiots Go Nuts In Nashville

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I was going to write an article today about Hamid Karzai and his history of corruption and receiving money from Iran, but something else caught my eye. [...]

October 25, 2010

Islamabad's Role In Afghan Reconciliation

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While confirming his contacts with Taliban leadership, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said in a recent interview that, “We have been talking to the Taliban [...]

October 25, 2010

Official: Afghanistan To Void Some 1 Million Votes

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A fraud-marred presidential election last year nearly derailed international support for President Hamid Karzai, turning this year's poll into a test of [...]

October 26, 2010

Inhofe Critical Of Afghan President

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James Inhofe hasn't been impressed with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai's leadership and talks with the Taliban, he told The Edmond Sun. [...]


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