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Several social media posts are promoting the claim that the current leader of Afghanistan was released from prison in 2018 by then-President Donald Trump. “Let this sink in,” the posts state ...
The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 left the nation at a pivotal juncture. Today, Afghanistan faces an acute humanitarian crisis and increasing influence from China, Russia and Iran.
The 2004 Constitution granted the president wide powers over military and legislative affairs, with a relatively weak national bicameral National Assembly, the House of the People (Wolesi Jirga) and the House of Elders (Meshrano Jirga). A president could only serve up to two five-year terms. Hamid Karzai began his first five-year term in 2004. [3]
In response to President Gustavo Petro's refusal, U.S. President Donald Trump enacts a 25% tariff on all goods traded to the U.S. from Colombia, which will be raised to 50% in one week. Hours after Trump's announcement, President Petro orders the commerce ministry to raise tariffs on U.S. imports by 25%.
Transitional President; Appointed by the 2002 loya jirga. Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004–2021) Hamid Karzai: born 1957 7 December 2004: 29 September 2014 9 years, 296 days Independent: President; First democratically elected head of state; Elected in 2004 and re-elected in 2009. Ashraf Ghani: born 1949 29 September 2014 15 August 2021
PARIS (Reuters) -There are no talks with the Taliban to negotiate a peace settlement, Afghan anti-Taliban leader Ahmad Massoud said on Thursday, vowing to step up "guerrilla warfare" to bring the ...
The family migrated to Quetta in the Balochistan province of Pakistan after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (1979). Akhundzada studied at one of the madrassas in Pakistan and earned the title "Sheikh al-Hadith". [21] In the 1980s, he was "involved in the Islamist resistance" to the Soviet military campaign in Afghanistan. [22]
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