Abdullah
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Militants could be invited to Afghan JirgaNow that he is the sitting president, it's a different situation," Tarzi said. Karzai's recent election foe, ex-foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah, also responded cautiously, saying the formal Loya Jirga described in the constitution could... In this article: Hamid Karzai, Taliban, Abdullah Abdullah, Kabul, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, and Washington |
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Reuters | 5 days ago
Q+A: What is Afghanistan's loya jirga; what does it do?
...on how to combat rising insurgent violence. Earlier this month, Karzai's main challenger in the August presidential election, Abdullah Abdullah, announced at a loya jirga in Kabul that he would withdraw from a planned run-off in the...
In this article: Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan, Taliban, Abdullah Abdullah, Kabul, Washington, Pakistan, Al Qaeda, and U.N.
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BBC News | 6 days ago
Afghan leader 'must show results'
...throughout the country in the coming five years," he said. Inviting his main defeated rival, Abdullah Abdullah, to work with him, he called for a national gathering to help bring peace. Speaking to the BBC in Kabul after the ceremony,...
In this article: Hamid Karzai, Abdullah Abdullah, US, Afghan army, Kabul, Hillary Clinton, David Miliband, Taliban, NATO, and Anders Fogh Rasmussen
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Yahoo! News | 6 days ago
Karzai sworn in, vows to fight corruption (AFP)
...his presidential style on forging politically expedient alliances in the absence of strong institutions, reached out to chief rival Abdullah Abdullah and fellow presidential hopeful Ashraf Ghani. But Abdullah, who has vowed not to work with...
In this article: Hamid Karzai, United States, Taliban, NATO, Gordon Brown, Abdullah Abdullah, Barack Obama, Taliban-led insurgency, Afghanistan, and Kabul
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Reuters | 6 days ago
Karzai sworn in as Afghan leader; vows to fight graft
In this article: Hamid Karzai, Abdullah Abdullah, David Miliband, Taliban insurgency, Kabul, Car bomb, NYSE, Nasdaq, European Union, and Asif Ali Zardari
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Reuters | 6 days ago
Afghanistan's Karzai faces critical test
...rein in corruption during his first full term. He retained power after a planned run-off vote was scrapped when his only rival, Abdullah Abdullah, withdrew citing fears about the credibility of the election process. Eight years after...
In this article: Hamid Karzai, Abdullah Abdullah, Taliban, Kabul, Pakistan, U.N., Washington, Suicide, and Taliban insurgency
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Reuters | 6 days ago
SNAP ANALYSIS: Karzai's promises: real, or more of the same?
...a call for unity weakened by the fact a U.N.-backed probe found widespread vote fraud in favor of Karzai. His main challenger, Abdullah Abdullah, has reiterated he won't be part of any Karzai administration. Abdullah, who emerged with an...
In this article: Hamid Karzai, Afghan army, Abdullah Abdullah, Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal, Taliban, U.S., Afghan police, and Ashraf Ghani
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washingtonpost.com | 6 days ago
Karzai sworn in as Afghan leader, vows to fight graft
...with able technocrats in his new government. STREETS DESERTED Karzai had been set to take on former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah in a November 7 run-off before his opponent withdrew, citing more fraud fears. Despite pressure from...
In this article: Hamid Karzai, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Abdullah Abdullah, Afghanistan, United States, Kabul, Washington, and Taliban insurgency
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BBC News | 6 days ago
Afghanistan: Is this a new beginning?
He is the only hope. Of course what ever happened in the past during his rule was not good but the group of which Abdullah abdullah calls him self a representative was more involved in the corruption and unlawful activities as they also...
In this article: Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan, Democracy, UK, Taliban, and Barack Obama
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washingtonpost.com | November 03, 2009
Camp of Afghan challenger Abdullah sought top posts, officials say
KABUL -- When Abdullah Abdullah chose to withdraw from the presidential election this week -- effectively handing incumbent Hamid Karzai a new term -- he described his position as a selfless protest against a flawed electoral system that was...
In this article: Hamid Karzai, Burhanuddin Rabbani, Suicide, and Kabul
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Dr. Abdullah (born 1961), an Afghan politician, was the Foreign Minister of Afghanistan. Like many Afghans, he uses only one name, though he is sometimes referred as "Abdullah Abdullah".
Abdullah was born in Panjshir, studied ophthalmology at Kabul University’s Department of Medicine and obtained his M.D in 1983. He worked as an Ophthalmologist in Kabul until 1985, after which he worked with Afghan refugees in Pakistan, where he came into contact with the anti-Soviet resistance. Abdullah then joined the Panjshir Resistance Front, and in 1986 became an advisor to Ahmad Shah Massoud, who was also engaged in anti-Soviet activities.
Abdullah was the foreign minister of the Afghan United Front government from 1998 onwards. Following the assassination of Massoud in 2001, he became one of the three dominant figures in the Northern Alliance and later the Transitional Afghan Government along with Mohammed Fahim and Yunus Qanuni. In 2001 he was selected as Foreign Minister for the Interim Administration of Afghanistan; a post which he lost in a cabinet reshuffle on March 22, 2006.
He is generally considered to be, along with former Ministers Mohammed Fahim and Yunus Qanuni, a leader of the Tajik faction, although his mother is actually an ethnic Pashtun. Unlike many other former Northern Alliance officials, he was not removed from his ministerial post immediately after the 2004 Presidential Election.
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