Hamid Karzai, 'our man' in Kabool

As jihadists in army uniforms attack Kabul, Karzai blasts NATO for “pollution”

Open duplicity: “Mr. Karzai often adopts dramatically different messages for domestic audiences, and takes a much harsher stance toward the coalition with his own people than he does in private and international meetings.”

Translation:

“I hate you! I love you! I hate you! I need more foreign aid!”

“Karzai Blasts Coalition as Insurgents Attack Kabul,” by Rod Nordland and Ray Rivera for the New York Times, June 18: via Jihad Watch

Karzai reveals that U.S. is negotiating with Taliban, as Taliban storms police station and murders nine people

What worked for Neville Chamberlain works for Barack Obama. More on this story. “Karzai: Afghanistan, U.S. Negotiating With Taliban,” from the Associated Press, June 18:

Kabul – President Hamid Karzai said Saturday that Afghanistan and the United States are engaged in peace talks with the Taliban, even as insurgents stormed a police station near the presidential palace, killing nine people….

Three men dressed in Afghan army uniforms stormed the police station near the presidential palace and opened fire on officers, said Mohammed Honayon, a witness. The Interior Ministry said in a statement that one of the attackers detonated a suicide bomb vest outside the gates while the others rushed in and began shooting….

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the attack in a text message to The Associated Press, saying the group dispatched three suicide bombers.

The assault occurred shortly after Karzai announced during a speech at the presidential palace that his government and the U.S. have begun preliminary negotiations with the Taliban aimed at ending the conflict.

“In the course of this year, there have been peace talks with the Taliban and our own countrymen,” Karzai said. “Peace talks have started with them already and it is going well. Foreign militaries, especially the United States of America, are going ahead with these negotiations.”…