Taliban talks: breakthrough for peace or mission impossible?

Robert Fox Mon 30 Jan 2012, AT 08:09

Historic moment as Mullah Omar agrees to talk to Kabul regime face to face, not through proxies

Gaddafi, Karzai, Wenger: it’s time to face the truth

Robert Fox Fri 2 Sep 2011, AT 08:36

It's a matter of mental exhaustion not age – for some bosses, the time to quit comes early

General John Allen Afghanistan

Can Allen do better than Petraeus in Afghanistan?

News Mon 18 Jul 2011, AT 15:26

New commander of Western forces knows he faces a tough task fighting Taliban as troops withdraw

Sarah and Gordon Brown

Sarah Brown: I wish I had spoken out for Gordon

News Sun 20 Feb 2011, AT 08:48

Former PM's wife is about to publish her memoir of life at 10 Downing Street

Hamid Karzai

Karzai finds depression claims ‘rather funny’

News Tue 12 Oct 2010, AT 11:25

Afghan president reels off prescription drug list on Larry King’s late night talk show

Hamid Karzai

Ex-UN envoy says Karzai may have drug problem

News Wed 7 Apr 2010, AT 12:08

Peter Galbraith says Afghan president has ‘a certain fondness’ for his country’s most profitable export

Karzai's inauguration

Hamid Karzai has been sworn in as the new president of Afghanistan amid tight security

Hamid Karzai; Afghanistan

Karzai wants foreign troops out within five years

News Thu 19 Nov 2009, AT 09:20

What they are saying about the Afghan president’s second-term inauguration

Afghanistan

Western democracy is not what Afghanistan needs

Robert Fox Tue 3 Nov 2009, AT 09:43

‘Bottom-up’ tribal system would have been the best way to stop corruption

Dr Abdullah Abdullah and Hamid Karzai

Afghan elections: behind the fraud and diplomacy

News Wed 21 Oct 2009, AT 17:38

THE FIRST POST BRIEFING: Hamid Karzai has agreed to a run-off against Dr Abdullah Abdullah. Is there any chance of a fraud-free election?

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