SBS Dateline | The Karzai Interview

Dateline presenter Yalda Hakim travels to Afghanistan for a candid, one-on-one interview with President Hamid Karzai.

The President gives a revealing assessment of the war on terror, extremism within his country, the death of Australian troops in Afghanistan, and what he calls ‘human rights violations’ by America in his country. And he has a strong message for Afghan asylum seekers in Australia: come home to rebuild your country.

Yalda also travels with Karzai to Pakistan for talks with President Asif Ali Zardari and Iran’s leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the Afghan President pushes towards peace talks with the Taliban.

Will he succeed? And where does it all leave the international war on terror?

WATCH - Click to see Yalda Hakim’s report from Pakistan and her exclusive interview with Hamid Karzai.

FULL INTERVIEW - Watch Yalda's interview with Hamid Karzai in full.

PHOTO GALLERY - Some behind the scenes photos of Yalda and the Dateline team in Afghanistan, filming the interview and working on the streets of a snowy Kabul.

REPLAY - Look back at Dateline's previous coverage from Afghanistan, including Yalda's 2011 interview with a failed suicide bomber.

INSIGHT - SBS's Insight, shown before Dateline at 8.30pm each Tuesday, asks if Iran is a threat, and what would happen if military action were taken against it. Read more and join the discussion.

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