President Obama landed in Kabul to sign a strategic partnership agreement with President Hamid Karzai meant to mark the beginning of the end of the war in Afghanistan.

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Obama, Under Veil of Secrecy, Visits Kabul to Seal Agreement

To Afghanistan to sign strategic agreement with President Karzai.

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Obama Makes Surprise Afghanistan Visit

Afghan President Hamid Karzai links Sunday’s co-ordinated militant attacks to intelligence failures, especially on the part of Nato.

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Karzai chides Nato over attacks

KABUL — One day after a spate of attacks left four civilians and 11 members of the security forces dead, President Hamid Karzai blamed the insurgent offensive on a NATO intelligence failure, which he said should be investigated. Read full article > >

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Afghan President Karzai blames NATO intelligence failure for spate of attacks

KABUL — The United States and Afghanistan signed a deal on night military operations on Sunday, resolving a major source of friction between President Hamid Karzai and Washington. The agreement removes a key obstacle to a long-term strategic partnership between the two countries, including a U.S. military presence in Afghanistan after 2014, when all foreign combat troops are set to leave the country. Read full article > >

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United States and Afghanistan sign deal on night raids

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — At one end of the flower-festooned table sat the president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, perhaps the world’s most relentless America basher. At the other end sat Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan’s leader, who owes his government’s survival to the United States. Read full article > >

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At Iran-Afghanistan-Pakistan summit, a show of unity

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

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

KABUL — One week after President Hamid Karzai demanded that the United States hand over its military prison near Bagram airfield to Afghan officials by month’s end, opposition to the plan has emerged from human rights advocates appointed by Karzai. Read full article > >

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Karzai faces criticism over prison demand

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

This post has been updated. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Thursday strongly condemned the apparent desecration of the corpses of Taliban insurgents by members of a Marine scout sniper team who were videotaped urinating on the bodies. Read full article > >

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Panetta: Apparent Marine desecration of Taliban corpses is ‘utterly deplorable’

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

In President Hamid Karzai’s demand on Thursday, he said that his government had evidence that Afghan law and prisoners’ human rights were being violated.

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Karzai Calls for Coalition to Cede Control of Afghan Prisoners