Sentences with phrase «afghan president»

David Cameron will be hosting government delegates, businesses and civilians at the Lancaster House Summit, including US Secretary of State John Kerry, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.

Speakers include Afghan President Ashraf Ghani with his daughter, the artist Mariam Ghani, members of Spain's left coalition Podemos, as well as the famed Italian political philosopher and activist Antonio Negri.

The photo posted of Afghan President Hamid Karzai was not the one Bush painted from.

I believe that photo was after they saved the Afghan president from an assasination attempt.

March 23, 2018 • The Trump administration aims to turn up the heat on the Taliban and force those fighters into peace talks proposed by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.

Pelley also has interviewed Justice John Paul Stevens; Afghan President Hamid Karzai; Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; and the astonishing story of Mike Williams, the chief electronics technician on the Deepwater Horizon who survived the explosion that caused the Gulf oil spill - a story that won a DuPont - Columbia University Silver Baton and two Emmys.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said the accord was reached Wednesday between himself and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, and Kerry also noted that now, «It's up to the people of Afghanistan.»

For example, the Taliban developed a turban bomb, which was employed to assassinate Burhanuddin Rabbani, a former Afghan president and head of the High Peace Council.

Afghan president Hamid Karzai calls the reconstruction of the Buddhas «a cultural imperative.»

Afghan President Hamid Karzai's recent comment that U.S. and NATO - led forces use weapons with «nuclear components» may be a reference to depleted - uranium munitions, whose health impact is still being studied

Mr Miliband also met General David Petraeus, the American commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan, and later held talks with Afghan president Hamid Karzai in Kabul.

KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN)- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told Afghan President Hamid Karzai America's «new strategy» in Afghanistan will focus on reconstructing the war - battered country and maintaining strong counter-terrorism measures, his office said.

Kerry just returned from Afghanistan and Pakistan, where he played a key role in persuading Afghan President Hamid Karzai to accept a runoff election after Karzai's recent election victory was found to be the result of widespread voter fraud.

(CNN)- President Barack Obama made a surprise trip Sunday to Afghanistan where he met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

Within the Student Islamist movement, the more «moderate» elements and Persian speakers led by Burhanuddin Rabbani (who later became Afghan president) planned to infiltrate the army until the country was ready for an Islamist revolution, while the radicals led by Hekmatyar and others attempted to start military uprisings.

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN)- U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a congressional delegation held talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai Saturday, after a meeting with U.S. troops and the top U.S. military commander in the country.

* To Afghan President Hamid Karzai: schedule a runoff election or broker a power sharing deal with his chief election rival.

Washington (CNN)- President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai plan to hold a news conference at the White House after they meet there Wednesday, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Friday.

A secret meeting between Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and the Afghan president was said to take place in Kabul.

Mrs Brown recounted an episode where Afghan president Hamid Karzai told her son Fraser that his lego men looked like Afghans, to which the boy bashed them together and screamed: «Kill, kill, kill... dead.»

The papers welcomed Afghan president Hamid Karzai's announcement that he will stand down in 2014, stating: «This is very important.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani participates in a panel discussion Afghan President Ashraf Ghani participates in a panel discussion Photograph: Paul Hackett / AFP / Getty Images This concern was echoed by Allan Bell, chief minister of the Isle of Man, which has signed up to the information sharing, who said there wouldn't be real progress unless the United States made its own tax havens, such as Delaware, more open.

Afghan president Hamid Karzai is meeting Gordon Brown in Downing Street for talks on his country's future today.

Mr Cameron spoke to Afghan president Hamid Karzai this afternoon, to discuss plans for the Afghan peace jirga which begins tomorrow.

Its President, Muhammadu Buhari, and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani have both written essays for a book accompanying the summit.

It follows Afghan president Hamid Karzai's pledge at yesterday's Kabul conference that Afghan security forces would lead military operations across the country by 2014, in return for control over half of all aid money spent in Afghanistan.

Mr Miliband and Ms Rice are due to hold talks with Afghan president Hamid Karzai as tensions continue within Nato over troop deployments to the country.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani condemned, «the cowardly attack in the holy month of Ramadan targeting innocent civilians in their daily life.»

William Hague, Liam Fox and Andrew Mitchell will spend today visiting Afghan president Hamid Karzai and ministerial colleagues in a bid to improve their understanding of the issues on the ground.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Afghan President Hamid Karzai signed a long - term partnership that will increase Australia's aid spending in Afghanistan from $ 165 million to $ 250 million p...

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN)-- Afghan President Hamid Karzai has canceled a visit to the UK to return home following Tuesday's deadly blasts in the capital, Kabul, and in the northern city of Mazar - e Sharif.

He meets Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the White House this week and is expected to press for immunity from prosecution as a condition for allowing even a relatively small contingent of U.S. troops to stay behind in Afghanistan after the 2014 drawdown.

In my view, this will require the election of an Afghan president with some real leadership abilities, unlike Hamid Karzai.

Not exact matches

One of the aircraft under consideration, the A-29 Super Tucano, is already in service with the Afghan air force, and the US has ordered six more of them to send to the country as the military adjusts to President Donald Trump's plans to expand the US - led war effort there.

The crackdown on information comes just months after President Donald Trump announced a new Afghanistan strategy aimed at breaking a battlefield stalemate by accelerating Afghan - led operations against the Taliban and other insurgent groups in the country.

President Donald Trump has announced a new Afghanistan strategy aimed at breaking a battlefield stalemate by accelerating Afghan - led operations against the Taliban and other insurgent groups in the country.

When the Canadian ambassador, David Sproule, raised the issue with former president Hamid Karzai's chief of staff, he was assured the Afghans «hadn't forgotten about the case.»

... I wish to assure President Ghani and the people of Afghanistan that we will take all possible measures to protect Afghan civilians.»

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN)- Afghan rage over the burning of Qurans by NATO troops continued Thursday even after a President Barack Obama apologized for the «error.»

The danse macabre in the Middle East, the Israel - Palestinian conflict, the torrent of diabolic weapons showered by the U. S. for the use of Afghan rebels who first hung noble President Najibullah on a street pole and then indulged in mutual massacre flooding with blood the snow - white mountains (the sombre slaughter, even amidst natural calamities, is still unabated) and other holocausts baffle description.

«Afghan rage over the burning of Qurans by NATO troops continued Thursday even after a President Barack Obama apologized for the «error.»

The spokesman for the Afghan embassy said: «President Ghani and his government since in office have taken major steps to fight corruption.

On a 2007 state visit to Camp David, the Afghan premier and former US president met to discuss where the country was heading.

The Pakistani president called on coalition forces in Afghanistan to do more to improve monitoring and policing on the Afghan - Pakistani border.

Under Mr Karzai's plans the Afghan national army would begin assuming control of some areas of the country from US forces from July 2011, when US president Barack Obama has said troop withdrawals will begin.

Afghan tribal leaders listen to a speech from President Hamid Karzai.

The foreign secretary backed president Hamid Karzai's proposal to be given more control over aid spending in the country in return for intensified training of Afghan security forces.

Next month will see a new President elected and later this year, as international troops withdraw, full responsibility for security will pass to the Afghan National Security Forces.

President Hamid Karzai says meeting of tribal leaders will plan handover to Afghan security forces

At the event, Borough President Diaz presented President Rivlin with the official «Bronx Afghan» and named him an honorary Bronxite.