Afghan politics - one chicken dinner at a time
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To stem the growing Taliban resurgence in remote Afghanistan, US military leaders win over village elders with local development projects.
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Vote counting in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election got under way Thursday, five days after a landmark vote meant to cement a new era of stability after more than two decades of strife.
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An election worker sorts out a ballot at the vote counting center in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2004. Afghanistan was expected to start counting votes on Wednesday.
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Get INQ7 breaking news on your Smart mobile phone in the Philippines. Send INQ7 BREAKING to 386. KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghanistan&#39;s presidential vote count passed one million ballots Monday with incumbent
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The worst-kept secret in the village of Dehnow is that everyone is voting for Hamid Karzai. Of course, when asked who they want to win yesterday&#39;s elections for the president of Afghanistan
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Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential election is just over a week away, but campaigning and enthusiasm have been muted for an event described by President Bush as one of his major achievements.
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(SH) - In Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai defeated a raft of candidates to win his historic election. In Iraq, more than 200 political parties have registered for next month&#39;s elections.
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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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KABUL, Afghanistan: Hamid Karzai is certain to win Afghanistan&#39;s landmark presidential election with the simple majority needed to avoid a run-off, his campaign team says, with one-third of the votes counted and Karzai pulling 64 percent.
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KABUL, Oct 9  - Afghanistan holds its first ever presidential election Saturday. Following is a list of major events since the current President Hamid Karzai took office in 2001.
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Vote counting has resumed in Afghanistan&#39;s historic presidential election. Hundreds of election staff got back to work on Saturday after a day of rest marking the beginning of Ramadan.
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The counting of votes after Afghanistan&#39;s historic but contentious first democratic election last weekend resumed on Saturday after a break for the start of Ramadan and new violence across the country.
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KABUL: Hamid Karzai has steered Afghanistan from the ruins of war to its first elected presidency, using skills honed from plotting to end Soviet occupation and negotiating the minefield of volatile Afghan politics.
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KABUL (AFGHANISTAN) - Sono incominciate in Afghanistan le prime elezioni politiche presidenziali democratiche della sua storia. Elezioni che probabilmente non avranno un risultato definitivo prima di 3 settimane.
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For 30 years coups, assassinations and invasions were the usual means of power transfer in Kabul. But yesterday Hamid Karzai broke with bloody tradition and assumed office with a simple formula of words.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai dodged death three weeks ago when Taliban fighters fired a rocket at him in Gardez. Yesterday, his running mate in Saturday&#39;s national election, Ahmad Zia Masood, barely survived a Taliban bomb in Faizabad.
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New York, Dec 13 (PTI) Dismissing threats from the Taliban in the countryside, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said his government was committed to an &quot;honest, accountable and austere regime.