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Hamid Karzai (/ ˈ h æ m ɪ d ˈ k ɑːr z aɪ /; Pashto/Persian: حامد کرزی, Pashto pronunciation: [ˈhɑmɪd karˈzai], Dari pronunciation: [ˈhɒːmɪd kaɾzeˈiː]; born 24 December 1957) is an Afghan politician who served as the fourth president of Afghanistan from July 2002 to September 2014, including as the first elected ...
Apr 26, 2024 · Hamid Karzai, Afghan politician who was the first elected president of Afghanistan (2004–14). He was the son of the chief of the Popalzai Pashtuns, and his family played a prominent role in the government of Mohammad Zahir Shah.
President of the transitional government 2001–2004. Hamid Karzai appointed as President of the Afghan Transitional Administration at the July 2002 Loya Jirga in Kabul, Afghanistan. In October 2001, U.S.-led forces invaded Afghanistan. About two months later, the Taliban government was overthrown.
Aug 23, 2021 · Forced to leave his home, former President Hamid Karzai remains in Kabul despite the risks. He and the Taliban have long been enemies, but he has stayed in Afghanistan, hoping to work with the...
Jul 10, 2014 · Hamid Karzai became leader of Afghanistan in the same year as the US-led invasion of his country in 2001, and is due to step down in 2014 - the year that all Nato combat troops are...
Sep 25, 2003 · Hamid Karzai was born on December 24, 1957, in the village of Karz, near Kandahar, Afghanistan. His grandfather, Khair Mohammad Khan, had served in Afghanistan's war of independence and as Deputy Speaker of the Senate.
Aug 8, 2022 · When the Taliban reclaimed Kabul last August, the U.S.-backed government collapsed and hundreds of thousands of Afghans fled the country. Former president Hamid Karzai was not one of them.
Jun 11, 2018 · Hamid Karzai was born on December 24, 1957, in Karz, a small village near Kandahar in southern Afghanistan. His was a royal birth since members of the Karzai family, who belong to the Populzai clan, have been rulers of the country for over six hundred years.
As India was preparing to shut down its embassy in Kabul on August 15 last year in the wake of the Taliban takeover, Hamid Karzai urged Indian Ambassador Rudrendra Tandon not to leave, the former President of Afghanistan said in an interview to The Indian Express.
Forced to leave his home, former President Hamid Karzai remains in Kabul despite the risks. He and the Taliban have long been enemies, but he has stayed in Afghanistan, hoping to work with the...
