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Hamid Karzai

Also known as Karzai, Hamid Abd al-Ahad Karzai

President of Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014

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Hamid Karzai was the President of Afghanistan for 13 years, from 2001 to 2014, leading the country during a critical period following the fall of the Taliban and the beginning of international military involvement. His presidency was significant because it shaped Afghanistan's early transition to a new government after decades of conflict, though it was marked by ongoing challenges including security issues and questions about corruption.

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Born: 1957
Works: 6

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Bayānīyah-ʼi aʻlām-i khaṭṭ-i mashī-i Ḥāmid Karzay, kāndīd-i riyāsat-i jumhūrī
Majmūʻahʹyī az sukhanrānīʹhā-yi rādyūyī-i āqā-yi Ḥāmid Karzay, raʼīs-i Dawlat-i Intiqālī-i Islāmī-i Afghānistān
Da Afghānistān da Islāmī Jumhūriyat da Jumhūr Raʼīs Ḥāmid Karzay rādyūyī waynāwe
Da Afghānistān da Islāmī Dawlat Jumhūr Raʼīs Ḥāmid Karzay rāḍiyūyī waynāwe
Zmuẓh murām zmuẓh khalk

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1955-08-03

avant-garde jazzexperimental rockfree improvisationfree jazzjazzjazz-rock

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5 total works indexed

Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,393x
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,814x
Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 9,767x
Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 7,749x
Safety and Activity of Anti–PD-L1 Antibody in Patients with Advanced Cancer
· 2012 · cited 6,714x

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Quotes

“Politics without morality is close to sin.”
“There is no doubt that people are angry. When a family is hit by a bomb and I am the president here with the responsibility -- when a suicide bomb takes places and murders the people of this nation -- I am the president of this country and it is my responsibility to bring peace to these people.”
“My problem is that I am perhaps too much of a democrat for this time of the country's life. If you need a dictator, then go to the Afghan people. Let them elect a dictator. I am not one of those.”
“On the security front the entire Nato exercise was one that caused Afghanistan a lot of suffering, a lot of loss of life, and no gains because the country is not secure.”
“On my graduation there was a party by the junior students, and I was given a hair brush as a gift — if I take off my hat, you know what I mean.(laughter)”
“When you see on the news or read in the newspaper that so many people were killed in places far away, do not let these numbers become mere abstractions to you. These are real people, like you and I. They are families, friends; they have pain, they have grief.”

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name in native language: حامد کرزي
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date of birth: 1957-12-24
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Hamid Karzai (born 24 December 1957) is an Afghan politician who served as the seventh president of Afghanistan from 2002 to 2014, including as the first president of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan from 2004 to 2014. He also served as chairman of the Afghan Interim Administration from 2001 to 2002.

Born in Kandahar, Karzai graduated from Habibia High School in Kabul and later received a master's degree from Himachal Pradesh University, Summerhill, Shimla, India, in the 1980s. He moved to Pakistan where he was active as a fundraiser for the Afghan mujahideen during the Soviet–Afghan War (1979–1989) and its aftermath. He briefly served as Deputy Foreign Minister in the Islamic State of Afghanistan government. In July 1999, Karzai's father was assassinated and Karzai succeeded him as head of the Popalzai tribe. In October 2001 the United States invasion of Afghanistan began and Karzai led the Pashtun tribes in and around Kandahar in an uprising against the Taliban; he became a dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001. During the December 2001 International Conference on Afghanistan in Germany, Karzai was selected by prominent Afghan political figures to serve a six-month term as chairman of the Interim Administration.