Newsweek has carried a report that says Karzai's move may not have been wise.
Afghanistan became a SAARC member in 2006.
"Foreign troops should at once leave Afghanistan, and then the institutions they created should be dismantled. Unless this happens, war will heat up further. It will not recede," the one-eyed Omar said.
'Their offices are in Pakistan. Some of their hideouts are in Pakistan,' says Afghan envoy Masood Khalili.
"Afghanistan is now stable but is grappling with problems like illiteracy and health care. There is need to build institutions to resurrect the country and we are doing it," Karzai said.
'I've been a member of the family really. But I certainly am critical of a number of the ways that, in particular the President, has run his country.'
In the midst of war of words between Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, even US President George W Bush seemed helpless.
"He is right to say that I know the facts (about what is happening in Afghanistan). I indeed know the facts, but I also know a lot of facts in Pakistan," said Karzai.
Musharraf also demanded that coalition fighting Taliban help spread economic development in Pashtun areas to wean them away from the Taliban and ensure that they do not join them.
Afghanistan's cash-strapped government relies heavily on financial aid from the United States and elsewhere. Most of the country is impoverished and there is little infrastructure outside of a handful of cities.
Dr Singh's is the first by an Indian prime minister since Indira Gandhi visited Afghanistan in 1976.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is to leave for Afghanistan on a two-day visit.
Afghan Foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah has decided to endorse Karzai's rival Yonus Qanooni in the October 9 election.
A day after the worst attacks since the rout of the Taliban, the Afghan president said Taliban leader Mullah Omar was a coward who was hiding in Pakistan and sending youngsters to kill Afghans.
The operation in Musa Qala is one of the largest against the Taliban since the invasion in 2001. It was launched after weeks of air strikes and probing attacks had softened up their defences and killed hundreds of their fighters.
Among other things, presidents Pervez Musharraf and Hamid Karzai also discussed the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan- Pakistan gas pipeline project.
After a 16-year gap, Indian Airlines will start operating on the Delhi-Kabul sector from March 27 this year giving an impetus to the new momentum in relations between India and Afghanistan.
'Through the different ups and downs of my country, India has played a great positive role. The Afghan and Indian people should know this,' says Afghan Ambassador Masood Khalili.
21 people were hurt when a man with explosives strapped to his body blew himself up outside a mosque in the northern Afghan city of Sheberghan. Dostum, who was inside the mosque at the time, escaped unhurt.
Taliban supremo Mullah Mohammed Omar was spotted last week in Pakistani city of Quetta, said the Afghan president.
Ladies and gentlemen, today's conference must serve, above all, as an impetus to define a vision that reflects the shared interests of all of us, and agree on working together towards achieving it.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday arrived in New Delhi on a four-day visit during which he will hold talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and press for stepping up of aid -- both civilian and military including lethal and non-lethal weapons.
The resolution, which was passed unanimously, would extend the NATO led force's area of operations to several provinces which are now ruled by armed warlords.
Karzai calls PM, assures security for all Indians
the UN-appointed panel concluded that the "shortcomings" on election day, including the low-quality ink, did not affect the ballot's outcome and were too minor to overturn Karzai's victory.
The White House on Thursday said the presidents of Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to stay in touch in a regular way, but has refused to get into the details of what transpired at the meeting between George W Bush, Pervez Musharraf and Karzai.
Karzai has said these are the breeding grounds of terrorism.
When asked if he is in Pakistan, the Afghan leader replied: "Probably he is there. That's what the reports say now that come across."
The first Indian Prime Minister to visit Afghanistan in 29 years, Singh is to hold talks with President Hamid Karzai on the entire gamut of bilateral, regional and international issues of mutual concern.
Mullah Abdul Fayaz, a supporter of President Hamid Karzai, was shot while driving in the center of Kandahar city.
Ahead of his meeting with US President George Bush, The Afghan President said he wants greater control over American military operations in his country and punishment for any US troops who mistreat prisoners.
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is among the foreign leaders invited to Narendra Modi's swearing-in as prime minister on May 26 which Afghan President Hamid Karzai has decided to attend.
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