Close Adviser To President Hamid Karzai

• Hamid Karzai to advise delaying US-Afghan pact in closing speech: spokesman

  Afghan President Hamid Karzai will call for a security pact with the United States to be delayed until after an April election when he gives a closing speech to a grand assembly that will decide on the deal.

• Top Afghan peace negotiator shot dead in Kabul: Official

  A senior member of Afghanistan's High Peace Council and close adviser to President Hamid Karzai was shot dead from a passing car in Kabul today.