Afghan Election Bandwagon Creaks Into Motion
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SHIBERGHAN, Afghanistan  - Afghanistan's election  bandwagon creaked into motion on Tuesday with a leading  candidate drawing the biggest crowd of the campaign so far.
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BAZARAK, AfghanistanLike virtually every adult in this Panjshir Valley village, Rahmal Beg registered to vote weeks ago. Indeed, popular enthusiasm is so high for the Oct. 9 presidential election -- the first in Afghan history -- that thousands of people in the valley have reportedly...
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Millions of Afghans voted for a president yesterday in a joyous national repudiation of the armed militia factions that have fought for power here for years.
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Thousands of U.S. troops in Afghanistan  may have failed to catch Osama bin Laden but they are credited  with encouraging millions of Afghans to register for the  country's historic election in October.
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VOTING began in Afghanistan today for the first direct presidential election in the country&#39;s history. Some 10.5 million registered voters are eligible to select a president from a total of 18 candidates.
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Many Afghans say they are more worried about a different source of abuse and intimidation during the presidential elections: pressure from local militia commanders to vote for certain candidates.
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Interim leader Hamid Karzai (HAH&#39;-mihd KAHR&#39;-zeye) has a majority of estimated votes cast in Afghanistan&#39;s landmark presidential elections, but he&#39;s not the winner yet.
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What a difference the ballot makes. The election of Hamid Karzai as the first popularly elected president of Afghanistan is a dramatic affirmation of the power of democracy.
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Hamid Karzai is on course to retain the presidency in Afghanistan with more than half the votes counted in the country&#39;s first poll.
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Vote counting started Thursday in Afghanistan's landmark election, widely expected to install U.S.-backed interim leader Hamid Karzai as the war-ravaged country's first popularly chosen president.
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The election for president in Afghanistan may have brought us one small step closer to worldwide democracy. At least the people there left no doubt that they wanted to vote.
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The battlelines have been drawn for  Afghanistan's historic presidential vote in two days' time and  it's not about President Hamid Karzai and whether he wins.
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With more than half the ballots in Afghanistan's presidential election counted and outright triumph virtually assured for incumbent Hamid Karzai, attention turned to when the winner can be declared and how the losers will react.
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After decades of rule by the bullet instead of the ballot box, war-weary Afghans could not hide their delight as they got the chance to vote in elections they hope will end years of conflict.
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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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With a threatened boycott its historic  presidential election firmly relegated to the background,  Afghanistan took first steps on Tuesday to begin counting  votes.
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Afghanistan's presumed president-elect is under pressure to develop a two-party system.