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RIAC Holds Club Meeting with Former President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai

On 24 June 2015, the Russian International Affairs Council held a club meeting at which former Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai spoke. The event was attended by representatives of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, RIAC members and leading experts on the Middle East. The club meeting was opened by RIAC President Igor Ivanov. In his speech, Hamid Karzai noted ...

25.06.2015

Afghanistan’s Future and Russian Interests

On June 25, 2015, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) will hold a press conference with former President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai at the press centre of the International Information Agency Rossiya Segodnya. The withdrawal of coalition forces from Afghanistan in 2014 was supposed to symbolize the qualitative improvement of the security situation in the country, the ...

24.06.2015

Forging ahead, President Karzai stirs Afghanistan away from Washington’ shadow

... Bilateral Security Agreement, by which the US would leave behind a small military contingent and in exchange continue to finance Afghanistan ANA and ANP – respectively Afghan National Army, and Afghan National Police – Only Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, a man who was groomed to power by Washington for his moderate qualities and western sensitivities, seems no longer interested in an alliance with the US, rather he wants to look inwards for support. Once a staunch American ally against the ...

28.02.2014

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