Karzai admits government failed people in Marjah: report
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has flown into a recently liberated Taliban stronghold and admitted that his government had failed its people in the past.
The Afghan premier made a brief helicopter visit to central Marjah three weeks after thousands of United States marines stormed into the central Helmand town.
As…
Visit: http://n
Related news from Pakistan:
- Battle in Marjah is essentially over: US general WASHINGTON: A senior US Marine general in Afghanistan on Tuesday declared the battle in the southern Taliban stronghold of Marjah ‘‘essentially over.’’ The commander’s assertion of victory in...
- Five Taliban killed in Marjah assault: Afghan army An Afghan army commander said Saturday five Taliban militants were killed in the first hours of a combined assault on a militant stronghold in southern Afghanistan. The...
- Avoid civilian casualties in assault, Karzai warns Afghan President Hamid Karzai warned troops to avoid civilian casualties during a major assault against the Taliban in the southern Afghan province of Helmand that began Saturday....
- Afghan flag hoisted over Marjah for the second time Helmand’s governor called on people to “come home” yesterday as officials hoisted an Afghan flag over a besieged town in Marjah for the second time in as...
- Karzai admits to meeting with Hizb-i-Islami KABUL — Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Saturday that he personally held peace talks recently with the insurgent faction Hizb-i-Islami, appearing to assert his own role in a...
- Mass exodus on first day of US Helmand offensive MARJAH, Afghanistan, (Agencies) – Thousands of US-led troops backed by helicopters Saturday stormed an Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan in Nato’s biggest operation since the Taliban regime’s...
- Karzai admits receiving ‘bags of money’ from Iran KABUL: Afghan president Hamid Karzai admitted Monday that his chief of staff had received “bags of money” from Iran but insisted the payment was transparent and a...
- We failed to manage it better, admits CM LAHORE – In order to meet the electricity shortage and minimise power outages, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has announced that the government offices will work five...
- Nato starts operation to seize violent regions in Afghanistan: report British and Afghan soldiers in Helmand province prepare to take part in a major Nato operation. The British operations, led by helicopter advances, are on the outskirts...
- 500 US tanks leave Marjah By Qari Yousuf Ahmadi Fresh reports arriving from Marjah says that last night some 500 US tanks and military vehicles deserted from 60 of their bases in...
- 5 US invaders killed, vehicle destroyed in Marjah By Qari Yousuf Ahmadi Mujahideen in Marjah district of southern Helmand province clashed the US invading soldiers Wednesday morning (Aug. 18) at about 10:00 am, resulting in...
- Karzai admits to security failures .. .. Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai has told the BBC the failure to provide security to the Afghan people has been his government’s greatest shortcoming. But in his...