President Hamid Karzai

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  Want India To Be On Board Peace Efforts: Former Afghan President Karzai

  Amid efforts by the US and Russia to reach out to the Taliban for a reconciliation process in Afghanistan, former Afghan president Hamid Karzai said today his country wants India to be on board for all peace efforts and also "do more" on its own.

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  Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai Dubs Massive US Bomb Drop Decision 'Treason'

  Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai accused his successor on Saturday of committing treason by allowing the US military to drop the largest conventional bomb ever used in combat during an operation against ISIS terrorists in Afghanistan.

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  Religion Should Not Be Used As A Political Tool: Hamid Karzai

  Religion should not be used as a political tool as it causes immense harm, former Afghan president Hamid Karzai has said, asking Pakistan to turn a new leaf so that there is peace in the region and the countries can progress.

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  Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai Calls on PM Modi

  Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai today called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a transit halt in the national capital and discussed with him the recent developments in that country.

• Karzai Says Goodbye With a Final Jibe at US

  Outgoing Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai used his farewell speech on Tuesday to take a parting shot at the United States, accusing Washington of waging a war against Taliban insurgents for its own ends.

• PM Narendra Modi Condoles Demise of Afghan President's Cousin

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, condoling the demise of his cousin Hashmat Karzai in a terror attack and assured him that India will remain a "constant partner" in that country's fight against the menace.

• Afghan President Hamid Karzai Eyes Active 'Retirement'

  When outgoing Afghan leader Hamid Karzai moves out of the presidential palace post-elections to take up residence next door, he will be relinquishing power but not influence, as he seeks an active public role in his "retirement" years.

• Afghan President Fumes at Prisoner Deal Made Behind His Back: Source

  The Afghan president is angry at being kept in the dark over a deal to free five Taliban leaders in exchange for a captured US soldier, and accuses Washington of failing to back a peace plan for the war-torn country, a senior source said on Monday.

• Top Afghan peace negotiator shot dead in Kabul: Official

  A senior member of Afghanistan's High Peace Council and close adviser to President Hamid Karzai was shot dead from a passing car in Kabul today.

• Afghan president Karzai may call early elections

  Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai said on Thursday he is considering calling presidential elections a year early to lessen the strain that could be caused by foreign combat troops leaving Afghanistan at the same time as the nation is holding a national ballot.

• Afghan teen says she wants her tormentors to face justice

  A week after Sahar Gul, 15, was rescued from the house of her husband's parents, where she was tortured for months, she is demanding justice. She wants to see her husband and in-laws behind bars. Gul's in-laws kept her in a basement for six months and tortured her with hot irons.

• Afghan blasts: Karzai rushes home, scraps UK visit

  Afghan President Hamid Karzai has cancelled a visit to Britain to fly home after at least 59 people were killed in twin attacks on Shiite shrines, an embassy official said on Tuesday.

• Full transcript of Hamid Karzai's interview with NDTV

  Afghan President Hamid Karzai talks to NDTV's Maya Mirchandani about the Taliban and Afghanistan's strained ties with Pakistan.

• Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai in India for strategic ties

  Afghanistan and India will give boost to their strategic partnership and take stock of the situation in the region during the visit of Afghan President Hamid Karzai here from today, in the backdrop of faltering peace process in the war-torn country due to nexus between Pakistan and Haqqani group.

• Afghan leader gives up trying to talk to Taliban; blames Pakistan for Rabbani's assassination

  Afghan President Hamid Karzai has given up trying to talk to the Taliban, saying in a video released on Saturday that Pakistan holds the only key to making peace with insurgents and must do more to support a political resolution to the war.