Karzai skips campaign trail, visits Germany instead
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai was in Germany yesterday to receive an award, his office said, just days before his war-plagued nation will hold its first direct presidential election.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai holds his only campaign rally outside Kabul, four days ahead of presidential polls.
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President Hamid Karzai abandoned a trip to a city in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday after a rocket hit near the landing site as his helicopter approached, officials said.
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Afghanistan&#39;s president, Hamid Karzai, yesterday evaded an apparent assassination attempt, when a rocket attack missed his helicopter.
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Leaders of France, Australia and Italy traveled to Afghanistan over the weekend to meet with President Hamid Karzai and visit troops stationed in the conflict-ridden country.
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The big election result in Afghanistan on October 9 will be in Kabul, not Canberra. Christina Lamb reports. TO enter the Kabul presidential palace for a meeting with Hamid Karzai involves passing through four
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MUNICH, Germany  - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has no plans to boost the number of German troops in Afghanistan or shift them to other parts of the country despite mounting U.S. pressure, a government spokesman said on Saturday.
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KABUL, Afghanistan: Interim leader Hamid Karzai has moved far ahead of his rivals in early results from Afghanistan&#39;s first-ever presidential elections as ballot counting -- delayed over alleged irregularities -- has gathered speed.
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5 October 2004 -- Afghan Transitional Administration Chairman Hamid Karzai traveled to a campaign rally outside Kabul today, four days ahead of Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election.
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ISLAMABAD: The Afghan President Hamid Karzai will arrive here today, Monday on a two day official visit to discuss bilateral and economic ties besides holding talks on increasing cooperation in the war on terror.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai's deputies  campaigned for him Saturday ahead of presidential elections  seven days away, while the candidate himself prepared to fly to  Germany to collect an international award.
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Gardez (Afghanistan), Sept. 16 : Afghan President Hamid Karzai escaped an assassination bid today when a rocket was fired at his US military helicopter as it was landing in the southeastern town of Gardez.
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A deputy to U.S.-backed President Hamid Karzai escaped a roadside bombing in northern Afghanistan on Monday, just four days after Karzai himself was targeted as he tried to hit the campaign trail for landmark Oct. 9 elections.
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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 - Afghan President Hamid Karzai escaped an assassination bid on Thursday when a rocket was fired at his US military helicopter as it was landing in the southeastern town of Gardez, Reuters news service reported.
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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  - The likely runner-up in  Afghanistan's historic presidential election alleged on Monday  that the vote was marred by cheating, as President Hamid Karzai  appeared on course to win without needing a second round  runoff.