Presidency of Hamid Karzai

Presidency of Hamid Karzai
Karzai observing the honor guard of the Afghan Armed Forces during the 2011 Afghan Independence Day in Kabul
Presidency of Hamid Karzai
22 December 2001 – 29 September 2014
Hamid Karzai
Vice President


Standard of the president

The Karzai administration was the government of Afghanistan under President Hamid Karzai, who became the head of state of Afghanistan in December 2001 after the Taliban government was overthrown. Karzai was appointed at the 2002 Loya Jirga as the Interim President of the Afghan Transitional Administration. After the 2004 Afghan presidential election, he became the President of Afghanistan.