Presidential Palace, Kabul – H.E. Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is deeply saddened by a violent incident during the Education festival yesterday in Herat, which caused the death of 2 women and injured 7 people.

Presidential Palace, Kabul: H.E. Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is deeply saddened by the news of a train crash in Osaka city of Japan, which caused the death of over 70 and injured more than 400 people.

Kabul - The President of the Republic of Tajikistan, H.E Imam Ali Rahmanov will arrive in Afghanistan for a three day official visit on Wednesday, 27th of April 2005.

Presidential Palace, Kabul: H.E. Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, held bilateral meetings during his trip to Jakarta, Indonesia, with H.E. Junichiro Koizumi, Prime Minister of Japan, H.E. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India, H.E. Mohammad Reza Arif, Vice- President of Iran, H.E. Pervez Musharraf, President of Pakistan, H.E. Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations and Mr.Lakhdar Brahimi, Special Advisor to the United Nations Secretary-General.

Presidential Palace, Kabul: H.E. Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, departed this morning for Indonesia, where he will address the 2005 Asian-African Summit and lead the Afghan delegation participating in the associated meetings.

Presidential Palace, Kabul - H.E. Hamid Karzai, the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, congratulates His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI on his election today as the new Pope.

Presidential Palace, Kabul – H.E. Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, met this evening at the Presidential Palace with General John McColl, the recently appointed Special Envoy of British Prime Minister Tony Blair to Afghanistan.

Kabul and Islamabad - The Tripartite commission composed of senior military and diplomatic representatives from Afghanistan, Pakistan and the United States, held its tenth meeting in Rawalpindi today. It was Pakistan’s turn to host the latest periodic exchange of the commission.

Presidential Palace, Kabul – H.E. Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, welcomes the conclusion and outcomes of the Afghanistan Development Forum 2005, held from 4 to 6 April 2005 in Kabul.

Presidential Palace, Kabul – H.E. Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, congratulates H.E. Jalal Talabani, for being elected today as the President of Iraq by the newly-elected Iraqi Parliament.

Presidential Palace, Kabul – H.E. Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, met today with H.E. Nobutaka Machimura, Foreign Minister of Japan.

Presidential Palace, Kabul: H.E. Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, called a meeting this morning with ambassadors and representatives from the United Nations and donor countries based in Kabul, to consult them about the NGO Law that was considered by the Cabinet of the Government of Afghanistan on 28 March 2005.

Presidential Palace, Kabul – H.E. Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is deeply saddened by the death of His Holiness Pope John Paul II.

Presidential Palace, Kabul – H.E. Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, welcomes the creation of the Afghanistan National Coordination Front as the Opposition to the Government of Afghanistan. The Afghanistan National Coordination Front, led by Mr Mohammad Yonus Qanooni, was announced yesterday afternoon at a press conference held in the Intercontinental Hotel,Kabul.