Karzai set for election win, mandate to tackle Afghan warlords ...
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His election to a five-year presidential term all but official, Afghan leader Hamid Karzai was already under pressure Wednesday to put the squeeze on the country&#39;s powerful warlords and tackle a narcotics industry threatening to overwhelm one
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KABUL, Afghanistan - The vote tally under way on Friday in Afghanistanâs landmark election was widely expected to yield an election victory for US -backed interim leader Hamid Karzai, which would install him as the war-ravaged countryâs first
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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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KABUL -- Hamid Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president yesterday, vowing to battle terrorism and the booming narcotics trade and calling for continued international support for his country's fledgling democracy.
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Afghanistan&#39;s election tomorrow, after 22 years of war, is likely to return Interim President Hamid Karzai as leader amid threats of violence and questions about the legitimacy of the process.
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PESHAWAR, Oct 18: Afghan President Hamid Karzai continued to maintain his lead over his rival candidates in the presidential elections.
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Afghanistan&#39;s president, Hamid Karzai, says presidential elections on Saturday will decide the fate of the war-shattered country for centuries.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- More than half the votes have been counted in Afghanistan&#39;s landmark election, and President Hamid Karzai is said to be running well ahead of his rivals.
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Hamid Karzai pledged Thursday to use his five-year term as Afghanistan&#39;s first elected president to crack down on warlords and the country&#39;s booming drug economy.
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KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 3 -- President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday was officially declared the winner of Afghanistan's first-ever democratic presidential election more than three weeks after votes were cast, giving him a five-year mandate to try to steer this country out of a quarter-century of civil war and strife.
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Hamid Karzai will be sworn in as his country&#39;s first elected president Tuesday, facing a huge amount of more work to rebuild a land still traumatized by more than a quarter century of war.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai is leading his rivals in the country&#39;s first presidential vote after two decades of civil war, drawing support from the southern and eastern border with
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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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The latest official preliminary results from Afghanistan&#39;s 9 October 9 presidential election show transitional leader Hamid Karzai has won the clear majority needed for an outright first-round victory.
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The interim Afghan President Hamid Karzai is moving closer to final victory as he has captured 54.3 percent of over 7 million votes counted till Sunday noon, said Afghan election commission website.
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Hamid Karzai remained on course on Friday to win Afghanistan&#39;s first direct presidential election, but with a quarter of the vote still to be counted, rivals were whittling
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai was on course on Tuesday for an outright victory in the country&#39;s historic presidential election with almost a quarter of the votes counted from the poll 10 days ago.