Karzai claims poll win as rival admits defeat
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The main rival of President Hamid Karzai has conceded defeat in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election with less than six per cent of the vote left to be counted.
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Hamid Karzai was declared the winner of Afghanistan&#39;s landmark presidential election Wednesday, after investigators concluded that a string of irregularities were too minor to overturn his triumph.
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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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Counting in Afghanistanâs presidential election concluded today, with US-backed interim leader Hamid Karzai the clear winner even though some ballot boxes were &quot;obviously stuffed,&quot; election officials said.
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Afghanistan's protracted election vote count finally drew to a close with President Hamid Karzai the landslide victor, but an official declaration of his win still awaited the verdict of a fraud probe.
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US-backed interim leader Hamid Karzai was nearing victory in Afghanistanâs presidential vote, election officials said, as the number of ballots counted passed the half way mark.
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Hamid Karzai was cruising to victory in  Afghanistan's first direct presidential election with half the  votes counted Wednesday, but returns underscored the ethnic  fault lines that often divide the country.
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With more than half the ballots counted, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai appeared Thursday to have won by a landslide, the BBC reported.
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KABUL: Interim leader Hamid Karzai has won the required number of votes for outright victory in Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential election, his supporters and his chief rival said Sunday.
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Description: Interim President Hamid Karzai is the unofficial winner of this month&#39;s Afghan national elections, according to preliminary results.
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US-backed interim leader Hamid Karzai was nearing victory in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential vote, election officials said, as the number of ballots counted passed the half way mark.
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Hamid Karzai remained on course on Friday to win Afghanistan&#39;s first direct presidential election, but with a quarter of the vote still to be counted, rivals were whittling
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KABUL: Yunus Qanooni, chief rival to incumbent Afghan leader Hamid Karzai, said Wednesday he would accept the outcome of the countryâs presidential poll âin the national interestâ despite his allegations of fraud.
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A breakthrough agreement in Afghanistan's disputed elections was reached when the main rival to President Hamid Karzai said he would accept the result after an independent inquiry into charges of fraud.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai moved closer to winning his country's first presidential election, taking a substantial lead over his nearest rival with more than 60 percent of votes counted, according to official results.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- The runner-up to Hamid Karzai in historic presidential elections congratulated the Afghan leader yesterday on the formation of his Cabinet and said he is forming an opposition party.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Interim leader Hamid Karzai has won a majority of estimated votes cast in Afghanistan's landmark presidential elections, according to preliminary results released yesterday.