Karzai Hopes Rivals Will Honor Afghan Vote
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on  Sunday that some of the candidates who had called for a boycott  of a historic presidential election had changed their mind and  were willing to accept its legitimacy.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Hamid Karzai's rivals said Sunday it was too early to call Afghanistan's inaugural presidential election, despite the interim leader's dominant showing after three days of vote-counting.    The U.S.-backed incumbent's main challenger, Yunus Qanooni, insisted that a full count and a proper investigation by a panel of foreign experts on fraud allegations could yet put him in the running...
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai vowed on  Thursday that a historic presidential election would go ahead  in two days' time and reflect the people's wishes despite  inevitable attempts by Taliban fighters to derail the vote.
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With victory all but a formality in Afghanistan's historic presidential election, Hamid Karzai waited on Tuesday for the final votes to be counted to confirm his win.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai campaigned on Tuesday for the first time since an assassination attempt last month, telling thousands of supporters that a historic vote in four days would be a turning point for the war-torn nation.
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Afghan interim President Hamid Karzai has been keeping on leading the ballot counting as he garnered 62.6 percent of the votes counted till Wednesday noon, Afghan election website said.
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A top rival to Afghan election  frontrunner President Hamid Karzai called off his boycott of  the process Wednesday, making it likely that the historic  poll's result would be recognized by all despite voting  irregularities.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai began a  visit to neighboring Pakistan on Monday to discuss cooperation  in the battle against Islamic militants ahead of his October  re-election bid.
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KABUL, 23 October 2004 - Hamid Karzai remained on course yesterday to win Afghanistanâs first direct presidential election, but with a quarter of the vote still to be counted, rivals were whittling down his lead to possibly force a run-off.
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History is being made in Afghanistan, as the country takes part in its first-ever presidential election. But while most Afghans are enthusiastic, the candidates challenging interim President Hamid Karzai claim
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KABUL, Afghanistan - The vote tally under way on Friday in Afghanistanâs landmark election was widely expected to yield an election victory for US -backed interim leader Hamid Karzai, which would install him as the war-ravaged countryâs first
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KABUL - Hamid Karzai was preparing on Saturday to celebrate victory in Afghanistanâs first presidential elections as he maintained a clear majority with more than 75 percent of the vote counted.
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Afghanistan&#39;s President Hamid Karzai remains on course to retain his position as counting continues in the country&#39;s first democratic election.
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KABUL - Interim leader Hamid Karzai holds about 70 per cent of the votes counted so far after Afghanistan&#39;s landmark presidential election.
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Afghanistan's first presidential vote was fair, says favourite, Hamid Karzai, as most candidates demand a repoll.
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President Karzai's rival gains ground by appealing to Afghanistan's former anti-Soviet resistance fighters.
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Afghanistan was preparing on Tuesday to  count votes after rivals of President Hamid Karzai said they  had withdrawn their rejection of the weekend presidential poll.