Count Delay in Afghan Poll, Candidates Coming Round
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Afghan officials delayed counting ballots  on Monday to deal with complaints of fraud in a historic  presidential election, but several candidates appeared to be  pulling back from an initial decision to reject the vote.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Chances for a conclusive result to Afghanistan's landmark election were on firmer ground Tuesday after President Hamid Karzai's main challenger backed away from a boycott, indicating he'd accept an independent commission to probe vote-fraud charges.    Although no ballots from Saturday's election have been counted yet, the U.S.-backed interim leader is the clear favorite to win...
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Get INQ7 breaking news on your Smart mobile phone in the Philippines. Send INQ7 BREAKING to 386. KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghanistan&#39;s presidential vote count passed one million ballots Monday with incumbent
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai is sure of  victory in his country's historic presidential poll, but the  result will not be announced for a day or so until the last few  hundred ballot boxes are counted, an official said on Monday.
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Election officials fanned out across Afghanistan to inspect several dozen suspicious ballot boxes that are delaying the end of the presidential vote count and the declaration of Hamid Karzai as the violence-weary nation's first popularly chosen leader.
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Confusion surrounded the start of vote  counting in Afghanistan's landmark presidential poll on  Thursday, with some election officials saying the tally had  begun but others adamant it had not.
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Preliminary vote totals in Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential election appear to give transitional leader Hamid Karzai a numeric lock on the victory.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Ballot boxes poured into counting centers Monday for a tally of the disputed presidential election in Afghanistan amid signs an opposition boycott was wavering after at least two candidates agreed to accept the ruling of an independent panel's inquiry.    Election organizers hope their decision, announced late Sunday, to establish a panel of about three foreign election experts to investigate the balloting will end the boycott, which many fear could seriously undermine the winner's ability to rule this war-ravaged nation...
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Ballot boxes poured into counting centers Monday for a tally of the disputed presidential election in Afghanistan amid signs an opposition boycott was wavering after at least two candidates agreed to accept the ruling of an
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The interim Afghan President Hamid Karzai is moving closer to final victory as he has captured 54.3 percent of over 7 million votes counted till Sunday noon, said Afghan election commission website.
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KABUL : Counting of votes in Afghanistan&#39;s disputed presidential election could begin as soon as Wednesday, the UN-Afghan electoral commission said.
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Afghanistan was set to start counting  votes on Wednesday from a historic presidential election after  several candidates backed off from declaring the poll illegal.
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Afghans halted counting in their presidential election pending a United Nations probe into accusations of fraud, as international observers said the vote is just a first step in creating a stabile and secure country.
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The battlelines have been drawn for  Afghanistan's historic presidential vote in two days' time and  it's not about President Hamid Karzai and whether he wins.
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As attacks continue, some officials call for poll delay
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Afghanistan's presidential election will  be held on time, President Hamid Karzai said on Monday, despite  rival candidates' fears the lack of security was hampering  their campaigns and undermining voting legitimacy.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Vote counting in Afghanistan's presidential election got under way Thursday, five days after a landmark vote meant to cement a new era of stability after more than two decades of strife.    The tallying began in many of the eight counting centers across the country, but was delayed in the capital, said Farooq Wardak, a senior election official...