Kabul, Sep 30, 2007 : Afghan President Hamid Karzai denounced the latest suicide attack, which killed 28 Afghan troops and 2 civilians on Saturday in an attack on an army bus in the capital Kabul. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, the deadliest in the Afghan capital since the har...
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Kabul, April 27, 2008 : Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai escaped unhurt after an assassination attempt by Taliban fighters with guns and rockets during an official celebration in Kabul, on April 27. Government ministers were seen ducking for cover after gunfire sounded at the celebration to m...
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Kabul, June 15, 2008 : Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai threatened on Sunday to pursue Taliban militants into neighbouring Pakistan if they continued cross border attacks into Afghanistan. The self proclaimed Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud and other Taliban officials in recent week...
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Islamabad/Karachi, September 10, 2008 : Asif Ali Zardari along with his three children and President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan, on Tuesday attended the swearing-in ceremony. The new Pakistani president said that tackling surging militant violence in the country was a priority, and reminded peop...
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Kabul, August 22, 2008 : Afghanistan won its first Olympic medal, when Rohullah Nikpai defeated world champion Juan Antonio Ramos of Spain to take the bronze in the men's under 58-kilogram Taekwondo competition. Nikpai's family was delighted on Rohullah’s win. Rohullah will be awarded with a hou...
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(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: December 15, 2009) Bombers struck yesterday in Iraq, the Afghan capital of Kabul, and in Pakistan. President Hamid Karzai convened a conference on corruption in Afghanistan, and Al Jazeera English looks at the disappearing funds marked to build a highway outsi...
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(Al Jazeera English: November 2, 2009) After his chief rival Abdullah Abdullah withdrew from the runoff election, Hamid Karzai was named president of Afghanistan for five more years. In Pakistan, dozens have been killed in a bomb attack in the city of Rawalpindi. Also, international tribunals wa...
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(Al Jazeera English: November 19, 2009) Hamid Karzai has been sworn in to serve his second term as president of Afghanistan. In Pakistan, another suicide bomber has attacked the city of Peshawar outside of a courthouse. Also, Argentina’s congress has passed a law requiring its citizens to underg...
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This Al Jazeera English news update covers the aftermath of the military coup that deposed the Honduran president Manuel Zelaya, as well as the demands of Afghan president Hamid Karzai that the U.S. military hand over private security guards believed by the Afghan government to be responsible fo...
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(Al Jazeera English: October 19, 2009) The UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission has finished sifting through thousands of allegedly fraudulent ballots in Afghanistan, and reports indicate that Hamid Karzai will face a runoff with his chief rival, Abdullah Abdullah. Also, Sri Lankan trade wi...
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This Al Jazeera English news update covers the elections in Afghanistan, where President Hamid Karzai believes he has won enough votes to avoid a runoff, but rival candidate Abdullah Abdullah claims he is in the lead. Also covered: the influence Taliban threats had on the election turnout, and v...
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