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Updated: 10th May Afghan Leader Outmaneuvers Election Rivals Thursday, 25 June 2009  KABUL, Afghanistan — With a nationwide election only weeks away, the paradox of President Hamid Karzai has never seemed more apparent: he is at once deeply unpopular and likely to win. Mr. Karzai, who has led Afghanistan since the fa... Full Story Most popular Patrick Cockburn: Bush's 'puppet in Kabu... Tuesday, 27 January 2009 Obama ready to cut Karzai adrift Sunday, 25 January 2009 Afghanistan: We Can Do Better Monday, 19 January 2009 The militia mistake Saturday, 17 January 2009 Afghanistan: 2009 Presidential Election ... Saturday, 10 January 2009 Bribes Corrode Afghans’ Trust in Governm... Tuesday, 06 January 2009 All roads lead out of Afghanistan Saturday, 03 January 2009 Afghans and U.S. Plan to Recruit Local M... Thursday, 25 December 2008 Afghanistan: Graveyard of Empires Thursday, 18 December 2008 Who is responsible for the Taliban? Wednesday, 17 December 2008 A New Path for Afghanistan Saturday, 13 December 2008 CIA, Heroin Still Rule Day in Afghanista... Wednesday, 03 December 2008 More articles Karzai in move to share power with warlord wanted by US Sunday, 10 May 2009   ONE of Afghanistan's most wanted terrorists is to be offered a power-sharing deal by the government of President Hamid Karzai as the country's warlords extend their grip on power. Gulbuddin Hek... Full Story Karzai's popularity has waned Monday, 04 May 2009  KABUL – President Hamid Karzai registered as a candidate for Afghanistan's August presidential election on Monday and selected a powerful warlord and former top political leader as his new vice... Full Story Afghan opposition picks candidate Saturday, 18 April 2009   The main opposition party in Afghanistan said on Thursday it had selected a former cabinet minister to challenge President Hamid Karzai at landmark elections in August. The... Full Story President Karzai's Taleban-style laws for women put troop surge at risk Saturday, 04 April 2009   President Karzai of Afghanistan provoked international outrage yesterday with draconian Taleban-era restrictions on women and laws that explicitly sanction marital rape. A leaked copy of the laws o... Full Story Taliban chief backs Afghan peace talks Sunday, 15 March 2009   THE TALIBAN leader, Mullah Omar, has given his approval for talks aimed at ending the war in Afghanistan and has allowed his representatives to attend Saudi-sponsored peace negotiations. “Mul... Full Story Karzai welcomes Obama call to reach out to Taliban Sunday, 08 March 2009  KABUL: President Hamid Karzai on Sunday welcomed President Barack Obama's call to identify moderate elements of the Taliban and encourage them to reconcile with the Afghan government. Obama's call "... Full Story Karzai is US stooge says Afghan deputy president Monday, 23 February 2009  In a clash which showed how fragile the Western-backed government has become, President Hamid Karzai was labelled a corrupt incompetent by his own understudy, Ahmad Zia Massoud. He responded in kind,... Full Story Afghan Leader Finds Himself Hero No More Sunday, 08 February 2009  KABUL, Afghanistan — A foretaste of what would be in store for President Hamid Karzai after the election of a new American administration came last February, when Joseph R. Biden Jr., then a se... Full Story