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Suicide attack kills 10 in Afghanistan

AFP South Asian Edition 4 days ago

A suicide bomber blew himself up killing 10 civilians in Afghanistan on Thursday, the second attack on the same day that President Hamid Karzai was sworn into office, police said. The bombing in southern province Uruzgan followed an apparent suicide attack in ...

Clinton says Karzai's speech 'new starting point'

AFP South Asian Edition 4 days ago

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praised Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday, saying his inauguration speech marked a "new starting point" for the war-torn country. Speaking to reporters after attending the ceremony in Kabul at which Karzai was sworn in for ...

Afghan leader Karzai vows to fight corruption

AFP South Asian Edition 4 days ago

Afghan President Hamid Karzai was sworn in for a second term on Thursday, vowing to combat corruption, bring security and reach out to his political rivals under Western pressure to restore legitimacy. Karzai took the oath of office as the US-led war ...

Karzai sworn in as Afghan leader

AFP South Asian Edition 4 days ago

Afghan President Hamid Karzai was sworn in for a second term on Thursday, vowing to combat corruption and reaching out to his political rivals under Western pressure to restore legitimacy. Karzai took the oath of office as the US-led war stretches into ...

Karzai seeks unity, vows to fight corruption

AFP South Asian Edition 4 days ago

Afghan President Hamid Karzai vowed to combat corruption and invited his chief rival to join the government after he was sworn in for a second term on Thursday, facing Western pressure to restore legitimacy as a US-led war stretches into a ninth ...

Karzai sworn in, vows to fight corruption

AFP South Asian Edition 4 days ago

Afghan President Hamid Karzai was sworn in for a second term on Thursday, vowing to combat corruption, bring security and reach out to his political rivals under Western pressure to restore legitimacy. Karzai took the oath of office as the US-led war ...

APTOPIX Afghanistan

AP News 4 days ago

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai greets the guards of honor as he arrives to the Presidential Palace for his inauguration in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. After being sworn in to a second five-year term, Karzai said his government was doing whatever ...

Karzai to be sworn in for second term

AFP South Asian Edition 4 days ago

Afghan President Hamid Karzai will be sworn in for a second term on Thursday, straining under Western pressure to eradicate corruption and restore legitimacy as a US-led war stretches into a ninth year. Karzai takes the oath of office with a Taliban ...

Afghanistan's Karzai sworn in for second term

AFP Global Edition 4 days ago

Afghan President Hamid Karzai was sworn in for a second term on Thursday, straining under Western pressure to eradicate corruption and restore legitimacy as a US-led war stretches into a ninth year. Karzai took the oath of office with a Taliban insurgency ...

Afghanistan Clinton

AP News 4 days ago

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, waits next to the exit of a plane upon her arrival at the military airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. Clinton arrived in Afghanistan to attend Thursday's inauguration of Afghan President Hamid ...

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