Kabul explosion on eve of polls
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A loud explosion in the Afghan capital, Kabul on the eve of the country&#39;s presidential elections, was caused by a rocket attack, officials said.
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A roadside bomb exploded close to the   U.S. embassy in Kabul on Friday. Witnesses said they saw at   least four bodies they presumed were dead.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai's running  mate for Saturday's historic presidential poll escaped unhurt  on Wednesday when a bomb set off by Taliban guerrillas narrowly  missed his car as he headed for an election meeting.
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Taliban guerrillas fired rockets in parts  of Afghanistan on Friday, the eve of the first presidential  election in the rugged, war-torn land, underlining the threat  of sabotage by the Islamic fundamentalist insurgents.
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KABUL, Afghanistan An international peacekeeper in Afghanistan&#39;s capital says a loud explosion has shaken Kabul early Friday -- the day before historic elections.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - A rocket slammed into the Afghan capital near the U.S. Embassy and other diplomatic missions early Friday, a day before landmark elections...
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A big explosion badly damaged a house in downtown Kabul Sunday, killing at least one man. The building was in flames.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghanistan's first direct presidential election was thrust into turmoil hours after it started Saturday when all 15 candidates challenging interim leader Hamid Karzai said they would boycott the outcome because of potential fraud in the system designed to keep voters from casting more than one ballot.    The poll also was marred by violence, as militants ambushed police escorting boxes of ballots, killing three officers in the deadliest direct assault on the landmark post-Taliban vote, a senior official said...
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KABUL -- A doctor helping organize Afghan elections died yesterday along with four other civilians when an explosion tore through their vehicle, police said.
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A large explosion occurred at an ammunition shop in the Afghan capital on Wednesday, destroying surrounding shops and killing several people, officials said.
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Taliban guerrillas fired rockets in parts of Afghanistan on Friday, the eve of the first presidential election in the rugged, war-torn land, underlining the threat of sabotage by the Islamic fundamentalist insurgents.
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Five people die after an explosion hits a car used by election staff in south-eastern Afghanistan, the UN says.
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Seven people, including two US citizens, were killed when a truck bomb exploded in downtown Kabul just weeks ahead of Afghanistan's landmark presidential elections, the government said.
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The head of the Afghan-UN electoral commission has kicked off vote counting in Kabul. The official cut the seal of a ballot box to start the tallying process in the capital of Afghanistan.
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The mere fact of tomorrow&#39;s presidential elections in Afghanistan is cause for (subdued) celebration. Afghans are headed to the polls in the country&#39;s first-ever &quot;democratic&quot; election, and early indications
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A mammoth explosion tore through a police bus in the heart of Kabul on Sunday, killing at least 24 people â 22 of them police academy instructors on their way to work.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Campaigning for Afghanistan's first direct presidential election ended with a burst of violence Wednesday as attackers set off a bomb in a failed effort to kill interim Afghan leader Hamid Karzai's vice presidential running-mate.    Despite persistent violence, the United Nations declared this hard-luck nation ready for Saturday's vote, a historic experiment with democracy after more than two decades of unrelenting ruin, from Soviet occupation to civil war to the repressive Taliban and the thunderous U.S...