Challenger to Afghan president emerges from pack
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As Afghanistan&#39;s first-ever democratic presidential election gains steam, incumbent Hamid Karzai&#39;s biggest challenger is emerging from the pack of 17 other candidates.
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Afghan presidential candidate Yunus Qanooni adjusts his glasses during an interview in Kabul on Sunday, Oct.17. 2004. Hamid Karzai&#39;s closest rival in Afghanistan&#39;s landmark election refused to concede defeat
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The official month-long campaign for Afghanistan&#39;s first-ever direct presidential election since the 2001 ouster of the Taliban, has opened.
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The runner-up to Hamid Karzai in historic presidential elections congratulated the Afghan leader Saturday on the formation of his Cabinet, and said he is in the process of forming an opposition political party.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai made his first venture outside Kabul to campaign Tuesday, four days before the country&#39;s national election, the BBC reported.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Preliminary results from Afghanistan&#39;s landmark elections show President Hamid Karzai well ahead of his rivals and on course to become the country&#39;s first popularly elected leader.
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KABUL, Oct 27  - Hamid Karzai, who has led Afghanistan&#39;s interim government since the Taliban&#39;s collapse three years ago, was just days away from being declared his country&#39;s first popularly elected leader.
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HAMID Karzai has emerged as the undisputed winner of Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential elections after his nearest contender conceded defeat.
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The chief challenger to Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he and several other presidential contenders are withdrawing their rejection of Saturday&#39;s election.
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The main challenger to President Hamid Karzai said yesterday that he had accepted a proposal by the United Nations and the US ambassador to start an independent
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For a man whose election victory in  October was never in doubt, Afghanistan's President Hamid  Karzai is taking his time picking a cabinet from a lineup of  military strongmen and civilians returning from the West.
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Few people would envy Hamid Karzai. The Afghan president finds himself grappling with maintaining stability in the capital while fighting grows ever bloodier in the south. He must also satisfy the conflicting demands of his countrymen and his foreign allies.
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Interim leader Hamid Karzai is certain to win Afghanistan's landmark presidential election, his campaign spokesman said Tuesday, after early returns gave him a commanding advantage.
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Afghanistan&#39;s historic election campaign got underway yesterday, pitting 17 hopefuls against interim leader Hamid Karzai in the
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KABUL, Afghanistan - The main opposition candidate in Afghanistan's first-ever presidential election backed off a boycott of the vote Monday, saying he would accept the formation of an independent commission to look into alleged cheating.    Ethnic Tajik candidate Yunus Qanooni, considered the likely runner-up to interim President Hamid Karzai, made the announcement at his Kabul home, a day after two other candidates also peeled away from the boycott...
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Weekend counting shows interim President Hamid Karzai is well ahead of his rivals and on course to become Afghanistan&#39;s first popularly elected leader.
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Campaigning for Afghanistan&#39;s first direct presidential election began Tuesday, a crucial step in the nation&#39;s troubled transition to democracy after the fall of the Taliban nearly three years ago.