KABUL, Afghanistan — None of President Hamid Karzai's top advisers knew that he had been receiving tens of millions of dollars in secret cash from the CIA, Afghanistan's senior anticorruption official said, and he added that he did not believe the Afghan leader's claim that he had been giving the agency regular receipts for the money.Mohammad Yasin Osmani, the head ...

NEW DELHI — Afghan President Hamid Karzai is expected to ask for more military aid during meetings with Indian leaders.Karzai met with Indian President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday and planned talks later with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.Mukherjee's office said he told Karzai that India was prepared to provide more military training and equipment.Karzai spokesman Aimal Faizi said earlier that Afghanistan ...

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is in India to press for more military aid, ahead of the planned withdrawal of Nato-led forces from Afghanistan in 2014.

By Daniel Rubin NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen recently noted that positive engagement from Pakistan was essential to “ensure long-term peace and stability in Afghanistan.” On 24 April in Brussels, US Secretary of State John Kerry hosted a meeting between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistan Army Chief Ashfaq Kayani to discuss border tensions, [...]The post New Opportunities For ...

Karzai is expected to ask India for help with 'military needs and shortages' during three-day visit to subcontinentHamid Karzai, the Afghan president, has arrived in Delhi on a three-day visit during which he is expected to ask India to boost its assistance to Afghan armed forces.The request would heighten tensions in the region, and raise concerns among western observers of ...