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I lived and worked in Afghanistan in the 1970s, but got to know Qayum Karzai when he and his wife Patricia opened The Helmand restaurant on Charles Street 35 years ago. I later worked with the Karzais ...

Afghanistan’s former Foreign Minister and current presidential aspirant Dr. Abdullah Abdullah refers to President Hamid Karzai as “that gentleman” with a kind of icy irony. Abdullah dismisses Karzai’s ...

Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has accused Pakistan of using military and economic pressure to push Afghanistan toward recognizing the disputed Durand Line frontier.

KABUL, Afghanistan -- On his first outing to the West as Afghanistan's leader, Hamid Karzai was feted and feasted, hailed for his chic and charm, praised for his political savvy. On Saturday, the ...

A member of the Popalzai clan, part of the larger Pashtun tribe. Karzai was educated in India and is fluent in several languages, including English, Pashto, Dari and Urdu. His grandfather, Khair ...

DURING AFGHAN PRESIDENT HAMID Karzai’s first campaign outing two weeks ago, an enemy rocket whizzed by his U.S. military helicopter and slammed into the camelback hills where he was supposed to land.

Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday acknowledged irregularities in the Aug. 20 presidential election while arguing it was “good and fair and worthy of praise, not scorn.” Interviewed from ...

Violence in Afghanistan adds to a growing sense of disillusionment, both inside and outside the country. Increasing criticism is falling on the president of Afghanistan; corruption, infrastructure ...

The inauguration of Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul on Thursday came with all the usual ceremonial flourishes, including a suffocating security cordon. But his second term is already beset by ...

Qayum Karzai, who brought baby pumpkin in garlic yogurt to The Helmand restaurant he founded in Mount Vernon and who once ran for president of Afghanistan, died of a heart attack Thursday at his ...