Hamid Karzai

Clinton: US will hold Karzai to promises of reform KABUL -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton lauded the newly sworn-in Afghan president for outlining a plan to crack down on corruption in his inaugural speech Thursday, but...

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U.S. aims to hold Afghanistan's Karzai to his pledges of reform U.S. officials say aid will be cut off to any Afghan agency in which corruption persists. The Afghan president, at his second inauguration, also indicates he wants most foreign...

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...more effective than previous efforts. Karzai was installed by the United States and its Afghan allies after they helped drive the Taliban from power in the wake of the September 11 attacks in 2001. He won a full term in the country's first...

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US presses Karzai on corruption Mrs Clinton said Mr Karzai must prove himself to the Afghan people US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called on Afghan President Hamid Karzai to tackle corruption and improve governance in his new...

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...a holiday and reporters were barred from attending the swearing-in ceremony. Karzai was installed by the United States and its Afghan allies in 2001. He won a full term in the country's first democratic presidential election in 2004.

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...FOR EASY PRINTING KABUL-U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has arrived in Afghanistan to attend Thursday's inauguration of President Hamid Karzai and meet with top U.S. commander Gen. Stanley McChystal. Karzai is under stiff...

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...as US presses for reform Hamid Karzai will be sworn in as Afghan president for a second term on Thursday, after the United States ramped up pressure on him to rid the war-torn country of its endemic corruption. Kabul is under a security...

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