News Source: Christian Science Monitor
| 19 days ago
But the US is also exploring alternatives, including a closer association with local leaders. The Obama administration on Monday embraced the second term of Afghan President Hamid Karzai – a leader whom the US under President Obama had until...
News Source: Sify News
| 19 days ago
US President Barack Obama called on Afghan President Hamid Karzai Monday to being a 'new chapter' for his country by initiating reforms and cracking down on corruption. Obama telephoned Karzai after he was declared the winner in the presidential...
News Source: Los Angeles Times
| 19 days ago
In a televised appearance, Obama said he talked with Karzai after Karzai's principal opponent, Abdullah Abdullah, pulled out of the race and the runoff election scheduled for Nov. 7 was canceled by electoral officials. Karzai finished first in the...
News Source: Christian Science Monitor
| 19 days ago
Concern over crucial Iraqi elections grew on Monday as parliamentarians here considered a new United Nations proposal aimed at breaking a two-month deadlock over how to conduct the vote, slated for January. Negotiations over the election law have...
News Source: Scoop
| 19 days ago
Five UN staff members were killed and nine others injured in an attack on a guest house in Kabul on 28 October, for which the Taliban has claimed responsibility. Last week Mr. Ban had paid tribute to the victims of the attack, saying “Those who...
News Source: BBC South Asia
| 19 days ago
In Washington, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters: "President Karzai has been declared the winner of the Afghan election.....Earlier on Monday a spokesman for Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC), Azizullah Lodin,...