Afghan Refugee Woman First to Cast Vote in Afghan Election
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A 19-year-old Afghan woman, living as a refugee in neighboring Pakistan, was the first citizen to vote in her home country&#39;s landmark presidential election.
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Afghans turned out to vote in large numbers Saturday in their first presidential election, an event that was unexpectedly peaceful but soon marred by 15 candidates
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghanistan's first direct presidential election was thrust into turmoil hours after it started Saturday when all 15 candidates challenging interim leader Hamid Karzai said they would boycott the outcome because of potential fraud in the system designed to keep voters from casting more than one ballot.    The opponents of the U.S.-backed Karzai - who was heavily favored to win - demanded that the election be abandoned, arguing that problems with the ink used to mark voters' thumbs opened the way for widespread multiple voting...
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KABUL, 10/09 - Afghanistan`s first direct presidential election began at 7 aM (local time) Saturday amid tight security. More than 10.
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Thirty Afghan women leaned forward on their plastic chairs Monday as an instructor showed them how to count votes and seal them away to keep the country's first presidential election as fair as possible.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Vote counting started yesterday in Afghanistan's landmark election, widely expected to install US-backed interim leader Hamid Karzai as the war-ravaged country's first popularly chosen president.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Vote counting in Afghanistan's presidential election got underway Thursday, five days after a landmark vote meant to cement a new era of stability after more than two decades of strife.    Tallying was delayed slightly in the capital, but it began in many of the other seven counting centers across the country on Thursday morning, said Farooq Wardak, a senior election official...
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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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Troops of Pakistani para-military force check Afghan refugee voters before they enter in polling station to vote in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election at Jallozai camp near Peshawar, Pakistan on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2004.
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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 head of the Afghan-U.N...
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On Saturday, Afghans will vote for the first time in a presidential election that could advance the cause of democracy, or just as easily provoke widespread disillusionment.
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World News, KABUL - Voting began in Afghanistan Saturday for the first direct presidential election in the countryâs history. Some 10.
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The head of the Afghan-UN electoral commission has kicked off vote counting in Kabul. The official cut the seal of a ballot box to start the tallying process in the capital of Afghanistan.
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Vote counting in Afghanistan&#39;s first-ever presidential election began on Thursday, five days after polls closed, reports The Associated Press.
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About 740,000 Afghans who fled violence and repression at home are expected to vote in Saturday's election.
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Nearly three quarters of a million  Afghan refugees living in Pakistan registered to vote in their  country's first direct presidential polls this weekend,  ignoring warnings not to do so from Islamic militants.
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KABUL, Afghanistan Sept. 7, 2004 - Afghanistan&#39;s historic election campaign got under way Tuesday, pitting 17 hopefuls against interim leader Hamid Karzai in the race to become the impoverished country&#39;s first popularly elected president.