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President of Afghanistan: Hamid Karzi








Early life:

Karzai was born on 24 December 1957 in the Karz area of KAndahar City in southern Afghanistan. He is an ethnic Pashtun. His father, Abdul Ahad Karzi, served as the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament during the 1960s. His grandfather, Khair Mohammad Khan, had served in the 1919 Afghanistan's War of Independence. Hamid Karzi's family were strong supporters of ZAhir Shah, the last Kind of Afghanistan.
Hamid Karzi attended MAhmood Hotaki Elementary School in Kandahar and Sayed JAmaluddin Afghani in Kabul. He graduated from Habiba High School in 1976. From 1979 to 1983, Karzai took a postgraduate course in political science atHimachal Pradesh University in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India. He is well versed in several languages, including his native language which is Pashtoas well as Dari (persian), Hindi, Urdo English and French.

Early career:

After obtaining his Master's degree in India he moved to neighboring Pakistan to work as a fundraiser for the anti-communist mujahideen during the 1980s. The Mujahideens were backed by the United States, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Iran, and Karzai was a secret contact for the U.S. CIA at the time.

Following the withdrawal of the Soviet's, Hamid Karzai returned to Afghanistan in early October to assist in the Mujahideen victory in Tarinkot. Hamid Karzai assisted in rallying Polpalzai Durrani tribes to oust the regime from the city as well as helped negotiate the defection of five hundred of Dr. Najib's forces.
When Najibullah's Soviet-backed governmemt collapsed in 1992, the Peshawar Accords agreed upon by the Afghan political parties established the Islamic State of Afghanistan and appointed an interim government to be followed by general elections. Karzai accompanied the first mujahideen leaders into Kabul in 1992 following the Soviet withdrawal. He served as Deputy Foreign Minister n the government of Burhanuddin Rabbani.
When the Taliban emerged in the mid 1990s, Karzai initially recognized them as a legitimate government because he thought that they would stop the violence and corruption in his country. He was asked by the Taliban to serve as their ambassador but he refused. He lived in Pakistan as among the Afghan refugees where he worked to reinstate former Afghan King Zahir.


During President:


Hamid Karzai born 24 December 1957) is the current president of afghanistan; taking office on 7 December 2004. He became a dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001.During the December 2001 International Conference od Afghanistanin Germany, Karzai was selected by prominent Afghan political figuresto serve a six month term as Chairman of the interirn Administration.
He was then chosen for a two year term as Interian President during the 2002 Loya jirga (grand assembly) that was held in Kabul, Afghanistan . After the 2004 presidential election , Karzai was declared winner and became President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. He won a second five-year-term in the 2009 presidential election.


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