Hamid Karzai

U.S. should speed Afghan pullout

2013-03-20 04:30:00

From media accounts, the war in Afghanistan has hit a disturbing snag which was precipitated by President Hamid Karzai's recent remarks following the U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's visit, when he accused the Taliban terrorists and America of being...

Why should U.S. support Karzai?

2013-03-19 05:15:00

Every day you read something about Afghan President Hamid Karzai complaining that the U.S. military or the U.S. government did this or that which affected his country in an adverse way ("Hagel's shaky Afghan debut," March 12). When are we going to pull...

Let's give Karzai what he wants and see how he likes it

2013-02-27 11:15:00

Afghan President Hamid Karzai wants U.S. Special Forces to pull out of certain areas because of alleged wrongdoing. We should pull out of that entire cesspool at once and then stand aside and see how long he lasts! Sometimes you get what you don't ask...

Don't rush out of Afghanistan

2013-01-09 08:23:00

With Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his top advisers visiting Washington this week, huge questions about the future of the NATO mission there consume Afghan and American minds. How fast can we draw down our current total of 68,000 U.S. troops (and...

Petraeus thought he was above the law

2012-11-15 04:30:00

Gen. David Petraeus' actions over the past several years show that he considers himself more of a prince than a member of the armed forces who answers to his civilian commander-in-chief ("Did Petraeus have to step down?" Nov. 13). In Afghanistan, he...

War everywhere but on the campaign trail

2012-07-19 12:49:00

Here's an important fact you haven't heard much about in the presidential campaign: The armed forces of the United States are at war in at least four countries, and that number could increase any day. About 87,000 Americans are still fighting in...

Afghan troop withdrawal is driven by politics, not conditions on the ground

2012-06-02 00:00:00

The more I read about Afghanistan, the more concerned I become about the contending factions faced by President Hamid Karzai's government and the American forces trying to support it. We have spent $471 million to complete the Afghanistan Dam project,...

'I'm not mulling,' says Qayum Karzai about Afghan presidency

2012-06-04 11:40:00

Baltimore restaurateur Qayum Karzai has taken issue with a New York Times report that he is "mulling" a run for the Afghan presidency, now occupied by his brother, Hamid Karzai, who is due to step down in 2014. The news was included in Jim Risen's Sunday...

Md. Guard major who taught in Balto. Co. is killed in Afghan ministry shooting

2012-02-27 16:50:00

As violent protests continued in Afghanistan over the burning of copies of the Muslim holy book by NATO forces, the Pentagon confirmed Monday that a Maryland National Guard major was one of two U.S. military officers shot to death inside a ministry...

Maryland Guard travels dangerous road in hopes of Afghan peace

2012-01-28 14:38:00

For the soldiers of Task Force Raven in Afghanistan, the tempo is high, the roads are rough, and the work is dangerous. The Maryland National Guardsmen, members of the 1297th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, carry equipment through insurgent-...

As Afghanistan drawdown looms, concerns about Pakistan

2012-05-07 17:21:00

Back from a visit to Kabul, Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger expressed confidence in relations between the U.S. and Afghanistan. It's Pakistan that concerns him. "A lot of terrorists are being trained and harbored in Pakistan," said Ruppersberger, the top...

Afghans ill-prepared to govern

2012-05-04 09:45:00

No doubt millions of Americans will regard it as great that 10 years after the start of our involvement in Afghanistan and one year after the elimination of Osama bin Laden, President Barack Obama signed the accord with President Hamid Karzai affirming...

U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry, center, talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, and Pakistani army chief Gen. Ashfaq Kayani during a break in a meeting in Brussels.

2013-04-24 00:00:00

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai shake hands at the end of their joint news conference at the presidential palace in Kabul Monday.

2013-03-25 14:42:00

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai at the Presidential Palace in Kabul

2013-03-25 11:51:03