Afghan election marks end of rule of gun in Afghanistan
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KABUL, Afghanistan: The successful Afghan election &quot;spells the end&#39;&#39; of the rule of the gun in the war-battered country, the top US commander here said Wednesday, although he added that American troops would remain for the foreseeable future.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- A top election official says vote counting is through in Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential election. The election&#39;s top technical officer told The Associated Press that US-backed interim president Hamid Karzai is the winner.
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HERAT, Afghanistan - President Hamid Karzai has won a majority of votes in Afghanistan&#39;s election, effectively clinching a five-year term and becoming the country&#39;s first democratically elected leader, according to preliminary results released Sunday.
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At last the much-discussed first-everAfghan presidential elections in the post-Taliban nation were held Saturday amid hopes and fears as the anti-government militias fired several
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For the first time, all of the militia fighters in an Afghan region have been disarmed as fighters loyal to two northern commanders gave up their guns under a U.N.-run drive to demilitarize the country.
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KABUL: Afghanistan presidential election campaign concluded on Wednesday and President Hamid Karzai and his opponent Abdul Rashid Dostam in their public meetings appealed the Afghans to fully participate in the election, as it would be a new turn in the
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The crisis surrounding Afghanistan's  historic presidential election appeared to end on Monday as  President Hamid Karzai's chief rival said he and other  candidates were withdrawing their rejection of the weekend  poll.
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The counting of votes in Afghanistan's presidential election has been completed, the election commission said.
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Six people, including three children and two US soldiers, have been reported killed in Afghanistan, a week after millions voted in a landmark election meant to help bring peace back to their war-ravaged nation.
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Zakim Shah, chairman of Afghanistan&#39;s Joint Electoral Management Body, announces the winner of the country&#39;s first-ever presidential election in Kabul Nov. 3, 2004.
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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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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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Hamid Karzai was declared the winner of Afghanistan&#39;s first-ever presidential election Wednesday, after a three-week probe into vote fraud found no grounds to invalidate his triumph.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Suspected Taliban rebels killed two tribal elders who were encouraging participation in elections and shot to death an Afghan military commander in an ambush, officials said Saturday    Meanwhile, the U.S. military apologized for the latest civilian casualty of its operations to protect landmark October elections...
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Election organisers formally announced the result in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Wednesday, nearly a month after the poll. The result came after a panel examining voting irregularities said they would not affect the outcome of the election.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai has won more than half of the vote and is likely to be officially declared the winner of Afghanistan&#39;s election this week.
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President Hamid Karzai clinched victory in Afghanistan's historic presidential poll as his main rival conceded defeat even before election workers began counting the final votes on Monday.