Afghan Poll Unstoppable, Says U.S. Ambassador
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Afghanistan's historic presidential  election is now unstoppable, the United States said on Monday,  but other officials warned of more attacks by Taliban  guerrillas and their al Qaeda allies before Saturday's vote.
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Bangladesh's caretaker government has  failed to be neutral ahead of January elections, the U.S.  ambassador said on Sunday, echoing criticism of a multi-party  alliance that has demanded electoral reforms.
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Hamid Karzaiâs victory in Afghanistanâs first presidential election could be sealed within days, a top election adviser said today - unless investigators uncover major fraud.
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Planning an election is difficult even under the best of circumstances. As one United Nations consultant remarked, it&#39;s &quot;the largest logistical operation that a country undertakes
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The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said Monday it was "unfortunate" that civilians have been caught up in the NATO-led military operation in Afghanistan, calling war an imperfect science.
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GARDEZ, Afghanistan  - Afghan President Hamid  Karzai aborted an election campaign trip to the southeast  province of Gardez on Thursday after a rocket exploded just  before he was due to land by helicopter.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - The chief rival of interim President Hamid Karzai said he has evidence of organized fraud in Afghanistan's election and accused the U.N.-Afghan electoral commission on Monday of ignoring his complaints.    In the second deadly incident surrounding the election, five people - including at least one election worker - were killed by an explosion as they drove near the Pakistan border, the joint U.N.-Afghan electoral commission said...
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As the war-weary Afghans are getting closer to the first-ever presidential polls, the spiraling violence is going to hamper the ongoing stabilization process in the post-war nation, observers here believe.
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KABUL, Afghanistan Oct. 9, 2004 - Afghans crammed polling stations for their country&#39;s first-ever direct election Saturday, defying the threat of Taliban violence in the hope of bringing peace and some economic
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A senior U.S. official commended  Pakistan on Tuesday for its help in ensuring the success of  last month's Afghan election and said the United States wanted  to accelerate and broaden its cooperation with Pakistan.
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A top rival to Afghan election  frontrunner President Hamid Karzai called off his boycott of  the process Wednesday, making it likely that the historic  poll's result would be recognized by all despite voting  irregularities.
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Hamid Karzai's campaign team said it was &quot;100 percent sure&quot; of victory in Afghanistan's first presidential election, even though the final result cannot be declared until complaints from all candidates are investigated and the last vote is counted.
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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 opponents of the U.S.-backed Karzai - who was heavily favored to win - demanded that the election be abandoned, arguing that problems with the ink used to mark voters' thumbs opened the way for widespread multiple voting...
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Interim leader Hamid Karzai is certain to win Afghanistan's landmark presidential election, his campaign spokesman said Tuesday, after early returns gave him a commanding advantage.
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Despite the recent success of Afghanistan's presidential election, next year's local and parliamentary elections will be "more susceptible to fraud and intimidation," a senior U.N. official said Tuesday.
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The world must not neglect Afghanistan now that its presidential election is over because upcoming parliamentary and local elections will be far harder to manage, a top U.N. official said on Tuesday.
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President Bush said Saturday that the voting in Afghanistan was a remarkable achievement due in some part to his administration. "A marvelous thing is happening in Afghanistan," Bush told a breakfast fund-raiser for local Republican candidates. "Freedom is powerful. Think about a society in which young girls couldn't go to school, and their mothers were whipped in the public square, and today they're holding a presidential election."