 DOHA - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has indefinitely postponed a three-day visit to Qatar which he had been due to begin Monday in the face of deadly anti-US riots in Kabul, Afghan diplomats said. “Mr Karzai’s visit has been put off indefinitely because of the violence in Kabul,” one diplomat told AFP, asking not to be identified.
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Karzai had been due to visit Qatar on the third leg of a regional tour that has already taken him to the United Arab Emirates and Iran. He was instead to head straight home from Iran. |