Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Afghan President Karzai Is Angry



Interview: Karzai Says 12-year Afghanistan War Has Left Him Angry At U.S. Government -- Washington Post

KABUL — Hamid Karzai was in the midst of negotiating a security agreement with the United States when he met a 4-year-old girl who had lost half her face in an American airstrike.

Five months later, the Afghan president’s eyes welled with tears as he described visiting the disfigured little girl at a hospital. He took long pauses between words. Sitting behind his desk Saturday night, the man who has projected a defiant image toward the West suddenly looked frail.

“That day, I wished she were dead, so she could be buried with her parents and brothers and sisters” — 14 of whom had been killed in the attack — he said.

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More News On Afghan President Hamid Karzai

Transcript: Hamid Karzai says U.S.-Afghan relationship ‘has been at a low point for a long time’ -- Washington Post
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Karzai slams US government, military in interview ahead of elections -- FOX News
Hamid Karzai expresses ‘extreme anger’ at U.S. government -- Washington Times
Afghanistan war was 'not in our interests', president Hamid Karzai says -- The Guardian
President Karzai says Afghan war fought in West’s interest -- Karzai
Afghanistan’s President Is Furious at the Way the U.S. Has Conducted the War -- Time
Karzai: Afghan war fought in West's interest -- Al Jazeera
US-led Afghan war for 'Western interests' - Karzai -- RT
Karzai to White House: 'Give them my anger' -- The Hill
Karzai: 'It's time for me to move on' -- UPI

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