But Mr Khatami's hardline rivals in the Iranian leadership may not approve his unequivocal support for Mr Karzai.
Tunisia has seen numerous clashes between the authorities and hardline Islamists since the uprising in 2011.
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Tunisia has seen numerous clashes between the authorities and hardline Salafists since the uprising in 2011.
Police in Pakistan say they have detained 250 members of the hardline Sunni Muslim group, Sipah-e-Sahaba.
But there is something more profound going on here than just the assumption of hardline positions.
Some argue that a ban would play into the hands of those who spread hardline propaganda.
He could have become the darling of the hardline Cuban exiles, but rejected that.
It was energetically publicised (albeit in caustic terms) by two Salafist (hardline Islamist) television channels.
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This time, the festival has been criticised by both hardline Muslim and Hindu groups.
Even Ian Paisley, leader of the hardline Democratic Unionist Party, has not gone that far.
Alas: despite all this, Mrs Plavsic was defeated in September by a hardline rival, Nikola Poplasen.
He wants Mr Netanyahu to swap his hardline partners for Tzipi Livni's centrist Kadima party.
In Wisconsin the unions have rallied thousands of supporters against Scott Walker, the hardline Republican governor.
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However hardline Ulster Unionist Jeffrey Donaldson said the latest IRA statement should not change party policy.
Since their tentative early days, the Emes have coalesced into a fraternity for hardline criminals.
Even the ultra-hardline Democratic Unionists, led by the Reverend Ian Paisley, are quietly shifting.
As a result, those now calling the shots in Gaza are from the group's hardline wing.
Mr Sola claims the backing of four-fifths of the province's population for a hardline policy.
Hundreds of supporters of hardline Islamist candidate Hazem Abu Ismail had been protesting outside the defence ministry.
In Britain, this style of dress is often associated with Muslims espousing a hardline-fundamentalist form of Islam.
That would allow him, if elected, to cement Dawa's position ahead of the more hardline sectarian parties.
Televised scenes of daily violence would furnish a perfect backdrop for Mr Netanyahu's more hardline campaign speeches.
Tension has been growing between hardline Islamists and secularists since the overthrow of President Ben Ali's autocratic rule.
The members of the hardline Sunni group were planning to organise a march to celebrate a religious anniversary.
Hamid earned his hardline credentials last year as assistant head of that unit.
These days, the reaction from hardline Russian nationalists is a bit more subtle.
Mr Joshi, however, has not given up playing to the hardline Hindu-nationalist gallery.
Hardline unionists have said the decision to step down on 1 July was a "pathetic and cynical election stunt".
On Thursday, two hardline Ulster Unionist MPs expressed dissatisfaction with what they expected to see in the political package.
Peter Robinson, Northern Ireland's unionist first minister and a hardline Protestant, broke with tradition by attending the funeral mass.
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