Karzai will discuss peace with Taliban in Qatar

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (INTERMEDIATE/REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)

The visit of the President was made at the invitation of the Emir of Qatar and will include a discussion of reciprocal cooperation and the peace process (the Taliban). "

Kabul (Reuters)-Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai will go to Qatar in recent days to discuss the peace negotiations with the Taliban, Afghanistan Foreign Ministry announced Sunday.

That step was taken when scaled up efforts to seek a settlement of the war in Afghanistan is now the 12th year, Reuters reports.

The departure of Karzai to Qatar will be the first visit of the President of Afghanistan to discuss the peace process in that country, the Taliban and is done after negotiating jams for years with the u.s., Pakistan and the Taliban.

The visit will include talks on the formation of a political office of the Taliban in Doha, capital of Qatar.

"The President's Visit was made at the invitation of the Emir of Qatar and will include a discussion of reciprocal cooperation and the peace process (the Taliban)," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Janan Mosazai at a news conference Sunday.

Karzai is expected to go to Qatar in a week, said a senior official of Afghanistan told Reuters.

Increased efforts to seek a settlement of the war in Afghanistan terunding that has been going on for more than a decade.

Karzai, who will quit his post after the elections of April 2014, before accusing the UNITED STATES negotiating with the Taliban Government of Afghanistan without involving. The charges were disputed by the u.s. and its allies.

The President of Afghanistan were known to throw the usual spontaneous statements said critics often cause tension.

Karzai and his supporters in Western countries have agreed that all foreign combat forces will return to their country by the end of 2014, but the West promised to provide support which continued after this time in the form of funds and training for Afghanistan's security forces.

NATO aims to train soldiers and police by the end of Afghanistan by the end of 2014 to ensure stability in that country, but challenges still ahead of us in the process of transition.

Desertions, the assignment is bad and low morale among major problems that complicate the commanders of NATO and Afghanistan.

In October 2011, the Taliban promised to fight until all foreign forces leave Afghanistan.

The Taliban, who ruled Afghanistan since 1996, waged a rebellion since it was ousted from power in the country by U.S.-led invasion in 2001 because of the Al Qaida leader refused to hand over Osama bin Laden, who is accused of responsibility for the attack in the region that killed 3,000 Americans on September 11, 2001.

About 130,000 members of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) led by NATO that comes from dozens of countries sent to Afghanistan to help the Kabul Government battle the insurgency of the Taliban and its allies.

Taliban guerrillas rely heavily on the use of roadside bombs and suicide attacks against Afghanistan's Government and foreign troops stationed in the country.

Assembled bomb, known as an IED (improvised-explosive) resulted in 70-80 percent of the foreign forces casualties in Afghanistan, according to the military. (M014)

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Karzai ordered the u.s. forces out of the province of Wardak

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Presiden Afghanistan Hamid Karzai (kiri) menyampaikan keterangan dalam konferensi pers bersama Presiden AS Barack Obama di Ruang Timur Gedung Putih, Washington DC, Amerika Serikat, Jumat (11/1). (REUTERS/Jason Reed)

....Presiden Karzai memerintahkan kementerian pertahanan untuk mengusir pasukan khusus AS dari provinsi Wardak dalam waktu dua pekan."

Kabul (ANTARA News) - Presiden Afghanistan Hamid Karzai hari Minggu memerintahkan pasukan AS keluar dari Wardak dalam waktu dua pekan karena mereka dianggap membuat keadaan menjadi tidak aman dan tidak stabil di provinsi bergolak yang berbatasan dengan Kabul itu.

"Pada pertemuan dewan keamanan nasional hari ini... Presiden Karzai memerintahkan kementerian pertahanan untuk mengusir pasukan khusus AS dari provinsi Wardak dalam waktu dua pekan," kata juru bicara presiden Aimal Faizi, lapor AFP.

"Pasukan khusus AS dan kelompok-kelompok bersenjata ilegal yang dibentuk oleh mereka membuat keadaan tidak aman, tidak stabil, dan menganggu penduduk setempat di provinsi ini," katanya pada jumpa pers.

Pengumuman itu merupakan pukulan lain bagi wibawa koalisi pimpinan AS ketika mereka bersiap-siap menarik pasukan tempur dari Afghanistan pada akhir tahun depan.

Seorang juru bicara Pasukan AS di Afghanistan (USFOR-A) mengatakan, ia mengetahui pernyataan yang disampaikan oleh Faizi itu.

Menurut juru bicara itu, pasukan AS menanggapi secara serius tuduhan tersebut dan akan menyelidikinya.

Lebih dari 3.200 prajurit NATO, sebagian besar warga AS, tewas ketika membantu pemerintah Karzai dalam perang sejak Taliban digulingkan dari kekuasaan oleh invasi AS pada 2001, namun hubungan antara presiden Afghanistan itu dan AS sering dilanda masalah.

Karzai dan negara-negara Barat pendukungnya telah sepakat bahwa semua pasukan tempur asing akan kembali ke negara mereka pada akhir 2014, namun Barat berjanji memberikan dukungan yang berlanjut setelah masa itu dalam bentuk dana dan pelatihan bagi pasukan keamanan Afghanistan.

NATO bertujuan melatih 350.000 prajurit dan polisi Afghanistan pada akhir 2014 untuk menjamin stabilitas di negara itu, namun tantangan-tantangan tetap menghadang dalam proses peralihan itu.

Desersi, penugasan yang buruk dan semangat rendah termasuk diantara masalah utama yang menyulitkan para komandan NATO dan Afghanistan.

Serangan "orang dalam" oleh aparat keamanan Afghanistan terhadap rekan dan mentor NATO mereka telah menewaskan lebih dari 60 prajurit asing tahun ini, yang secara serius merongrong kepercayaan antara kedua pasukan tersebut.

Pada Oktober 2011, Taliban berjanji akan berperang sampai semua pasukan asing meninggalkan Afghanistan.

Taliban, yang memerintah Afghanistan sejak 1996, mengobarkan pemberontakan sejak digulingkan dari kekuasaan di negara itu oleh invasi pimpinan AS pada 2001 karena menolak menyerahkan pemimpin Al Qaida Osama bin Laden, yang dituduh bertanggung jawab atas serangan di wilayah Amerika yang menewaskan sekitar 3.000 orang pada 11 September 2001.

Sekitar 130.000 personel Pasukan Bantuan Keamanan Internasional (ISAF) pimpinan NATO yang berasal dari puluhan negara dikirim ke Afghanistan untuk membantu pemerintah Kabul memerangi pemberontakan Taliban dan sekutunya.

Gerilyawan Taliban sangat bergantung pada penggunaan bom pinggir jalan dan serangan bunuh diri untuk melawan pemerintah Afghanistan dan pasukan asing yang ditempatkan di negara tersebut.

Bom rakitan yang dikenal sebagai IED (peledak improvisasi) mengakibatkan 70-80 persen korban di pihak pasukan asing di Afghanistan, menurut militer. (M014)

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Afghanistan to back Pakistan if wars with U.S.: Karzai

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a news conference in Kabul October 20, 2011.

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ISLAMABAD | Sat Oct 22, 2011 10:33pm EDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Afghanistan would support Pakistan in case of military conflict between Pakistan and the United States, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said in an interview to a private Pakistani TV channel broadcast on Saturday.

The remarks were in sharp contrast to recent tension between the two neighbors over cross-border raids, and Afghan accusations that Pakistan was involved in killing the chief Afghan peace envoy, former Afghan president Burhanuddin Rabbani, by a suicide bomber on September 20.

"God forbid, If ever there is a war between Pakistan and America, Afghanistan will side with Pakistan," he said in the interview to Geo television.

"If Pakistan is attacked and if the people of Pakistan needs Afghanistan's help, Afghanistan will be there with you."

Such a situation is extremely unlikely, however. Despite months of tension and tough talk between Washington and Islamabad, the two allies appear to be working to ease tension.

In a two-day visit to Islamabad, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued stern warnings and asked for more cooperation in winding down the war in Afghanistan, but ruled out "boots on the ground" in North Waziristan, where Washington has been pushing Pakistan to tackle the Haqqani network.

The Haqqani are a group of militants Washington has blamed for a series of attacks in Afghanistan, using sanctuaries in the Pakistani tribal region along the Afghan border.

Pakistan is seen as a critical to the U.S. drive to end the conflict in Afghanistan.

Pressure on Islamabad has been mounting since U.S. special forces found and killed Osama bin Laden in May in a Pakistani garrison town, where he apparently had been living for years.

The secret bin Laden raid was the biggest blow to U.S.-Pakistan relations since Islamabad joined the U.S. "war on terror" after the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.

Karzai said tensions between the United States and Pakistan did not have any impact in his country's attitude toward Pakistan.

The TV channel, Geo, did not say when the interview was conducted.

Afghans have long been suspicious of Pakistan's intentions in their country and question its promise to help bring peace. Karzai repeated that concern in his remarks.

"Please brother, stop using all methods that hurt us and that are now hurting you.

"Let's engage from a different platform, a platform in which the two brothers only progress toward a better future in peace and harmony," he said.

Following the death of Rabbani, Karzai said he would cease attempting to reach out to the Afghan Taliban and instead negotiate directly with Pakistan, saying its military and intelligence services could influence the militants to make peace.

(Reporting by Augustine Anthony; Editing by Chris Allbritton and Michael Roddy)

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In India, Karzai reaches out to "brother" Pakistan

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NEW DELHI | Wed Oct 5, 2011 4:50am EDT

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai sought on Wednesday to ease concern in Pakistan about a key agreement with India, saying it will not affect relations with Islamabad.

Pakistan, its ties with powerful ally the United States heavily strained, is looking increasingly isolated after rival India signed a wide-ranging agreement with neighboring Afghanistan.

"Pakistan is our twin brother, India is a great friend. The agreement we signed with our friend will not affect our brother," Karzai said in a speech in New Delhi.

"This strategic partnership ... is not directed against any country ... this strategic partnership is to support Afghanistan."

On a two-day visit to New Delhi, Karzai and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sealed an agreement on Tuesday that spanned closer political ties to fighting terrorism.

It signals a formal tightening of links that may spark Pakistani concerns India is increasingly competing for leverage in Afghanistan.

The agreement with India is one of several being negotiated by Kabul, including one with the United States, that are part of an Afghan bid for greater security as NATO troops head home.

(Reporting by Alistair Scrutton; Writing by Paul de Bendern; Editing by Robert Birsel)

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