President Hamid Karzai is said to fear being sidelined by a United States initiative for peace negotiations with the Taliban and is pushing to open direct talks, Afghan officials said.

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Afghan Officials Consider Separate Talks With Taliban

Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai thanks the British people for sacrificing “blood and treasure” for the future of his country.

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Karzai thanks UK for ‘sacrifice’

KABUL — After years of advocating peace talks as the only way out of the Afghan war, President Hamid Karzai will soon need to decide whether he is willing to participate in an emerging diplomatic process that his top advisers claim has left him marginalized by both the United States and the Taliban. Read full article > >

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Afghan government feels out of the loop on talks

A video of four Marines urinating on dead Taliban fighters is likely to weaken the United States’ position both with the Taliban and with the Afghan president, Hamid Karzai.

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U.S. Deplores Video of Marines Urinating on Taliban

Afghan President Hamid Karzai “strongly condemns” a video apparently showing US Marines urinating on dead Taliban fighters.

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Karzai condemns ‘urination’ video

The Obama administration will resume peace talks with the Taliban as soon as Afghan President Hamid Karzai formally blesses the negotiations, according to senior administration officials who indicated that the process could be underway within weeks. Read full article > >

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U.S. peace talks with Taliban to resume

The demand by President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan that the Americans cede control of an Afghan prison exposes a deep vein of mistrust.

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News Analysis: Karzai’s Ultimatum on Afghan Prison Complicates U.S. Exit Strategy

Afghan President Hamid Karzai say he would back the opening of a Taliban liaison office in Qatar if it would help towards peace.

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Karzai backs Taliban Qatar plan

KABUL — Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Wednesday that the suicide bombing targeting Shiite worshipers in Kabul that killed dozens was plotted in Pakistan. Speaking at a hospital where victims of Tuesday’s attack outside a shrine in the Afghan capital were being treated, Karzai said he would demand answers from the Pakistani government about the bombing. Read full article > >

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Karzai says Kabul attack was plotted in Pakistan

Afghan President Hamid Karzai cancels a trip to the UK to return to Afghanistan after Tuesday’s deadly attacks in the capital, Kabul, and Mazar-i-Sharif.

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Karzai flies home after bombings

BONN — Afghanistan expects to remain dependent on international economic assistance until 2025, according to projections President Hamid Karzai will deliver to global partners at a conference here Monday. Together with ongoing costs to support the Afghan army and police forces, at least $10 billion in assistance will be required annually after the scheduled departure of foreign combat forces by the end of 2014. Read full article > >

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Afghanistan says it will need outside aid until 2025

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan president Hamid Karzai on Thursday condemned the killing of six children and an adult in the southern part of the country that local officials blame on a NATO airstrike. Karzai’s office said in a statement that local officials said NATO was responsible for the incident in the Zharzai district of Kandahar province. Read full article > >

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Afghan president condemns killing of 6 children, 1 man in southern Afghanistan

KABUL — A four-day gathering of Afghan leaders ended Saturday with delegates backing President Hamid Karzai’s desire for a long-term security partnership with the United States that would not allow U.S. troops to conduct night raids or search Afghan homes. The resolution that emerged from the assembly, known as a loya jirga , called for Afghanistan to negotiate a strategic partnership that places strict limits on U.S. troops who might remain in the country after 2014, when Afghan forces are expected to take charge of providing security. Read full article > >

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Afghan loya jirga backs Karzai’s security plans

KABUL — President Hamid Karzai set the conditions for his country’s strategic partnership with the United States, saying on Wednesday that Afghanistan would allow long-term American bases here as long as American troops stopped conducting operations at night, searching homes or detaining Afghans. Karzai’s comments came at the opening of a large assembly, known as a loya jirga, which convened more than 2,000 delegates from around the country to discuss Afghanistan’s future relationship with the United States, as well as the prospect of negotiating with the Taliban. Read full article > >

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Karzai calls for partnership with America but with conditions

A US commander in Afghanistan is dismissed after making disparaging comments about Afghan President Hamid Karzai in an interview.

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US general in Afghanistan fired