1.   And despite the delicacy of his transitional position, Afghan leader Hamid Karzai is also an enthusiastic advocate of a reconstruction fund.

2.   And several Afghan leaders have met a grisly end in the palace in the past.

3.   Aryubi said Hamid Karzai called him when the Afghan leader was in Washington.

4.   As Karzai uttered the final words of the oath, Rabbani stepped forward, and the new and former Afghan leaders embraced.

5.   As the U.S. bombing campaign in Afghanistan winds down, reports of more civilian casualties have emerged from southeastern Afghanistan, according to Afghan tribal leaders and aid workers.

6.   Besides, the Afghan leaders themselves are scornful of this kind of intrusive foreign help, and the large peacekeeping force that would need to go with it.

7.   Brahimi presided over marathon talks among Afghan leaders earlier this month in Bonn, Germany.

8.   A Pashtun, Abdullah Jawid, was similarly disappointed in Afghan leaders of the past.

9.   Afghan leaders have said it was actually an assassination.

10.   Afghan interim leader Hamid Karzai has said that the people were heading to attend his inaugural.