Karzai&#39;s opponents concede defeat &quot;for sake of peace&quot;
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Hamid Karzai&#39;s chief rivals in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election conceded defeat yesterday, a day after the US-backed interim leader was declared the winner.
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President Hamid Karzai clinched victory in Afghanistan's historic presidential poll as his main rival conceded defeat even before election workers began counting the final votes on Monday.
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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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The runner-up to Hamid Karzai in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential elections congratulated Mr. Karzai on Saturday on the formation of his cabinet, but said
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KABUL : With more than half the ballots in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election counted and outright victory virtually assured for incumbent Hamid Karzai, attention has turned to when the winner can be declared and how opposition candidates will react.
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The main rivals of Afghan President Hamid Karzai swallowed their bitterness on Thursday over cases of vote fraud and accepted defeat a day after a UN-Afghan election panel declared Karzai the winner of a historic Oct. 9 election.
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Afghanistan's presidential campaign draws to a close - a day after President Karzai holds his first rally.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- President Hamid Karzai's main challenger yesterday backed off a boycott of Afghanistan's landmark election over allegations of fraud, saying he would accept the formation of an independent commission to look into any irregularities in the vote.
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KABUL, Oct 10  - Afghan President Hamid Karzai Sunday angrily rejected a suggestion that problems with the presidential election meant that he would be reduced to &quot;horse-trading&quot; with his opponents.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - President Hamid Karzai's main challenger Monday backed off a boycott of Afghanistan's landmark election over allegations of fraud, saying he would accept the formation of an independent commission to look into any irregularities in the vote.    German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, the first foreign leader to visit since Saturday's election, all but declared Karzai the winner before a single ballot was counted...
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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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The runner-up to Hamid Karzai in Afghanistan&#39;s historic presidential elections has congratulated the Afghan leader on the formation of his Cabinet and said he is in the process of forming an opposition political party.
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Incumbent Hamid Karzai was declared the winner of last month&#39;s Afghan presidential election Wednesday and now faces the task of forming a government minus the warlords and drug runners who tainted his last cabinet.
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Hamid Karzai has been cruising to victory in Afghanistan&#39;s first direct presidential elections, but the returns so far have underscored the ethnic fault lines that often divide the country.
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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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President Hamid Karzai clinched victory in Afghanistan&#39;s historic presidential poll as his main rival conceded defeat even before election workers began counting the final votes on Monday.
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A top rival to Afghan election frontrunner President Hamid Karzai called off his boycott of the process on Wednesday, making it likely that the historic poll&#39;s result