Hamid Karzai stays on in Afghanistan — hoping for the best, but unable to leave
When the Taliban reclaimed Kabul last August, the U.S.-backed government collapsed and hundreds of thousands of Afghans fled the country. Former president Hamid Karzai was not one of them.
KABUL, Afghanistan — When the Taliban reclaimed Kabul last August, the U.S.-backed government collapsed and hundreds of thousands of Afghans fled the country.
Former president Hamid Karzai was not one of them.
Karzai served from 2002 to 2014 and has remained a major figure in the country even after leaving office. His name still marks one of the buildings at Kabul's international airport, although the Taliban have formally renamed it.
It's one of many ways in which under Taliban rule. Western aid has largely dried up, and the U.S. froze some from Afghanistan's central bank to keep it out of the Taliban's hands. The economy has collapsed, and unemployment and are widespread.
