Hamid Karzai
Hamid Karzai
Hamid Karzai /ˈhæmᵻd ˈkɑːrˌzaɪ/served as President of Afghanistan for almost ten years, from 7 December 2004 to 29 September 2014. He comes from a politically active family; Karzai's father, uncle and grandfather were all active in Afghan politics and government. Karzai and his father before him, Abdul Ahad Karzai, were each head of the Popalzai tribe of the Durrani tribal confederation...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth24 December 1957
country ambition giving
As the country now turns a new leaf, our ambition is to give hope to each and every Afghan.
country sovereign united-states
If the United States is treating Afghanistan as a sovereign country it has to prove it.
country people asking
No foreigner has a place asking another people, another country, to change their constitution.
country people needs
Afghanistan is a country in need. Afghanistan needs to protect itself in the region; Afghanistan needs to secure itself within the country. Afghanistan needs to develop its forces, and Afghanistan needs to provide stability to the people.
country differences people
Once the Afghan people vote and they choose their President with direct, secret ballot from all over the country, there will be a lot of difference in this country and a lot of legitimate power to flow with implementation.
community stand work
There's so much more work to be done ... Afghanistan is still not be able to stand on its own feet, ... The international community should even give more.
challenge serious terrorist
We do not think a serious terrorist challenge is emanating from Afghanistan.
afghan committed determine letting people
committed to letting the Afghan people determine their own future.
coming money supply terrorists
concentrate on where terrorists are trained, on their bases, on the supply to them, on the money coming to them.
afghan came care happy people sure voted
We are very happy that this went on peacefully, we are very happy that the Afghan people came to participate so massively. That's what I care about -- the will of the Afghan people, and I'm sure the Afghan people have voted freely, without fear, without intimidation.
against terrorism
The fight, this war, this fight against the remnants of terrorism will go on for some time.
Terrorism as a force is gone. As individuals they are all around and we will continue to look for them.
I never call it an insurgency. I call it terrorism.
They're criminals, they brutalized Afghanistan, they killed our people, they destroyed our land.