Read more Hamid Karzai stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1842/hamid-karzai.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:02:10 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74633/us-afghans-recruit-taliban-with-jobs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfghanistan has launched an initiative to convert Taliban foot soldiers with the promise of jobs and protection. Backed by the US military, the plan is modeled on its “Sons of Iraq” program; Stanley McChrystal even lured a key architect of that program out of retirement to help with it. The...http://www.newser.com/story/74633/us-afghans-recruit-taliban-with-jobs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Nov 2009 10:49:27 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74376/karzai-sworn-in-vows-to-fight-corruption.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHamid Karzai vowed to fight corruption today after he was sworn in to a second 5-year term as president of Afghanistan. Karzai, whose election victory was tainted by widespread allegations of vote-rigging, said his government would learn from "our mistakes and shortcomings of the last eight years." The ceremony was...http://www.newser.com/story/74376/karzai-sworn-in-vows-to-fight-corruption.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 7:31:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74301/clinton-makes-surprise-afghan-visit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHillary Clinton made an unexpected appearance in Afghanistan today to attend the inauguration of President Hamid Karzai and meet with Gen. Stanley McChrystal. It's Clinton's first trip to Afghanistan since becoming secretary of state. Clinton called the visit "a specific opportunity for everyone to take stock of where we are...http://www.newser.com/story/74301/clinton-makes-surprise-afghan-visit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 7:40:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74212/in-afghanistan-debate-obama-focuses-on-exit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Obama administration’s extended ruminations on an Afghan surge aren’t really over how many troops to send in—they’re about how they’ll get those troops out. Obama’s main problem with the initial military plan was that it seemed too open ended, administration sources tell Gerald Seib of the Wall Street...http://www.newser.com/story/74212/in-afghanistan-debate-obama-focuses-on-exit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 8:15:15 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74070/clinton-karzai-on-the-hot-seat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt's time for Afghan President Hamid Karzai to put up or shut up, Hillary Clinton said today, underscoring the White House's heightened expectations of Kabul. "We are expecting there to be a major crimes tribunal, an anti-corruption commission," she told This Week, adding that the original Afghan mission to "disrupt,...http://www.newser.com/story/74070/clinton-karzai-on-the-hot-seat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 15 Nov 2009 10:51:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73898/us-to-karzai-clean-up-corruption-or-nothing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama is gravely serious about pressuring Hamid Karzai to reel in Afghan corruption—but has almost zero “or else” options. The most logical threat to entice Karzai to clean up his government, pulling out US troops, is “stupid,” a former ambassador tells the New York Times , as it would...http://www.newser.com/story/73898/us-to-karzai-clean-up-corruption-or-nothing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Nov 2009 11:59:42 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73876/obama-rejects-afghan-war-options.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama refused to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented to him in yesterday's 2 1/2 hour strategy meeting, the AP reports, as concerns soar over the leadership of Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the ability of a corrupt Afghan government to eventually secure its own country. Obama...http://www.newser.com/story/73876/obama-rejects-afghan-war-options.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Nov 2009 7:45:09 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73843/us-ambassador-disagrees-on-afghan-troop-surge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US ambassador to Afghanistan—a former general who served there as recently as 2007—is against increasing troop levels until the Afghan government gets its act together. In classified cables ahead of President Obama’s deliberations on a surge, Karl Eikenberry cites rampant corruption and mismanagement in Hamid Karzai’s administration....http://www.newser.com/story/73843/us-ambassador-disagrees-on-afghan-troop-surge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 18:49:38 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73660/karzais-not-so-bad-by-afghan-standards.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHamid Karzai's no saint but he's much better than Mullah Omar, civil war, or the murderous Soviet stooges that ruled Afghanistan for many years, writes Bret Stephens. It has become fashionable among "neo-neo-cons" who have suddenly discovered the virtues of good governance to slam Karzai's tainted administration, but history shows...http://www.newser.com/story/73660/karzais-not-so-bad-by-afghan-standards.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Nov 2009 1:23:26 CST