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Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he will refuse peace talks with the Taliban in a new office in Qatar unless only Afghans are involved and violence stops, after the militant group claimed responsibility for an attack that killed four American troops.On Tuesday, after months of delays, the Taliban opened an office in Doha, Qatar , where representatives from the U.S. and the Taliban will hold peace talks on Thursday, senior U.S. administration officials and a Taliban spokesman said.Karzai's High Peace Council was expected to follow up with its own talks a few days later, but it is now unclear whether or not those talks will happen.Karzai is making the moves to protest the way the U.S. is reaching out to the Taliban in efforts to find a political solution to the war.Karzai said his High Peace Council would "neither attend nor participate in the talks" until the process is "completely" in the hands of Afghans, according to a statement from his office.He changed his mind after objecting t...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he is considering early presidential elections in 2013.
One of the most significant turning points in one of America's longest and costliest wars is imminent: Afghanistan's fledgling security forces are taking the lead fo...
KABUL (AP) — President Hamid Karzai postponed a national peace conference until after his visit next month to the White House in hopes of cementing international bac...
KABUL , Afghanistan (AP) — President Hamid Karzai on Sunday defended his decision to disband private security firms, saying they were undermining Afghanistan's polic...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai visits volatile Kandahar province to meet tribal leaders.
President Hamid Karzai has confirmed he's been in talks with the Taliban on securing peace in war-weary Afghanistan .Karzai told CNN's "Larry King Live" in an interv...
KABUL (AP) — President Hamid Karzai lashed out at the U.N. and international community Thursday, accusing them of interfering in last year's fraud-tarnished presiden...
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai confirmed his government has been in informal talks with the Taliban on securing peace in war-weary Afghanistan "...
WASHINGTON -- A senior NATO official says Gen. David Petraeus had a "frank, open and constructive discussion" with Afghan President Hamid Karzai , in which Karzai co...
A secret U.S. diplomatic memo released Tuesday by WikiLeaks says Afghan President Hamid Karzai freed dangerous detainees and pardoned suspected drug dealers because ...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai threatened over the weekend to quit the political process and join the Taliban if he continued to come under outside pressure to reform...
President Obama is in Afghanistan to meet with President Hamid Karzai and Gen. David Petraeus.
A large explosion has been heard in the Afghan capital as the international military coalition hands over security responsibility to the nascent national army and po...
Representatives from the United States and the Taliban will engage in Afghanistan peace talks Thursday in an office that has opened in Qatar, senior U.S. administrat...
Afghan forces have taken over the lead from the U.S.-led NATO coalition for security nationwide, President Hamid Karzai announced Tuesday in a significant milestone ...
More than 4,000 soldiers were being told on Tuesday that they have lost their jobs in the latest round of army cuts, with more still to come, the Ministry of Defence...
Afghan government envoys are to travel to Qatar to try to open peace talks with the Taliban on a possible deal ending 12 years of conflict, President Hamid Karzai sa...
President Hamid Karzai said Monday he is encouraged by pledges to provide Afghanistan with $16 billion in aid, but warned that corruption in his country cannot be ro...
The United States on Tuesday welcomed the Taliban's decision to open an office in Qatar and senior US officials said they hoped to meet with their Afghan foes within...