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    Health

    Be patient friendly, Karzai tells healthcare practitioners

    KABUL (PAN): Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday urged healthcare practitioners to be more patient friendly and be courteous to their visitors.



    Business & Economics

    Karzai orders ex-chief of central bank to return from US

    KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Attorney General Office to summon Abdul Qadir Fitrat, former governor of Da Afghanistan Bank, alleged involved in the embezzlement of Kabul Bank and later fled to the United States.



    Governance

    Karzai welcomes new Indonesian ambassador

    KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai on Thursday accepted the credentials of Anshori Tajudin, the new Indonesian ambassador to Afghanistan, the presidential palace said in statement.



    Governance

    Zardari, Imran support Pak-Afghan war on terror

    KABUL (PAN): President Asif Ali Zardari and Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf chief, Imran Khan, have promised to help Afghanistan combat the menace of terrorism, the Presidential Palace said on Wednesday.



    Governance

    Foreign troop pullout to bring stability: Karzai

    KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday said foreign forces’ withdrawal, scheduled before the end of 2014, would bring stability to Afghanistan.



    Governance

    France promises long-term assistance

    KABUL (PAN): France on Saturday promised to extend its assistance to Afghanistan beyond 2014, when NATO-led combat troops are scheduled to leave the country.



    Culture

    Timor Shah’s mausoleum being restored

    KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai inaugurated restoration of the mausoleum of former king Timor Shah, his office said on Saturday.



    Governance

    Karzai denounces attack on Malala Yousafzai

     KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday condemned the terrorist attack that injured Malala Yousafzai, an anti-terrorism activist and girls’ rights advocate in Mingora district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.



    Governance

    US not ready to act against Pakistan: President

    KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai on Thursday said the US, in disregard of a bilateral strategic partnership accord, was unwilling to defend Afghanistan against cross-border incursions from Pakistan.



    Governance

    Obama, Karzai talk security pact enforcement

    WASHINGTON (PAN): President Hamid Karzai and his US counterpart Barack Obama agreed to launch the US-Afghan Bilateral Commission and start negotiations on a bilateral security agreement.