Sunday, December 21, 2008

Q & A: Hamid Karzai

Afghan President Hamid Karzai accompanies President George W. Bush past an honor guard during Bush's visit to Kabul this week. (Saul Loeb / Getty-AFP / December 15, 2008)

From The Chicago Tribune:

Afghan President Hamid Karzai sat down to talk with Tribune correspondent Kim Barker in Kabul on Thursday, Dec. 18. In a frank, one-on-one exchange, Karzai reacted to criticisms by then presidential candidate Barack Obama, criticized the U.S.-led military operations in his country and called for focusing the war on terror more on neighboring Pakistan than Afghanistan. He also delivered a message to the families of Illinois National Guard troops now being deployed to his country. Here is an edited transcript:

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