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The brother of deposed president Ashraf Ghani, Hashmat Ghani Ahmadzai, says he accepts that the Taliban won the war but that he "will not join them" and also calls for the formation of an inclusive government without Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and former president Hamid Karzai, blaming both men for "ruining the country".
2021-08-23

President Ashraf Ghani agrees to form a team for negotiations and also agrees to step down and allow an interim Taliban government to govern the country amid the insurgent group's advance. Among the people in the negotiation team is the first president of Afghanistan after the 2001 U.S. invasion, Hamid Karzai.
2021-08-15

United States Secretary of State John Kerry meets with the President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai to talk about the two countries' strained relations.
2013-03-25

The President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai claims that a suicide bombing attack that injured his security chief was planned in the Pakistani city of Quetta.
2012-12-8

Hamid Karzai, the President of Afghanistan, reacts to the deaths of 9 civilians in a NATO air strike by telling the organization that attacks on insurgents in Afghan homes is "not allowed".
2011-05-31

President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai reprimands Russia after its forces enter the country without permission and "violate Afghan sovereignty" in a joint mission with United States agents. Karzai orders an investigation.
2010-10-30

Afghanistan's former deputy attorney-general Fazel Ahmed Faqiryar is sacked over his refusal to obstruct corruption investigations into senior government officials; Faqiryar is critical of President Hamid Karzai.
2010-08-29

The President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai gives private security firms operating in that country four months to disband.
2010-08-16

U.S. President Barack Obama, in his first visit to Afghanistan as commander in chief, meets with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and speaks to American troops deployed there.
2010-03-28

The Afghan Parliament rejects 17 out of 24 cabinet nominees proposed by President Hamid Karzai.
2010-01-2