Karzai Clinches Afghan Poll Win, Rival Concedes
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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.
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Interim President Hamid Karzai has won Afghanistan&#39;s first direct presidential election, the spokesman for the election commission said.
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KABUL: Hamid Karzai has won outright victory in Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential election according to preliminary results, the interim leader&#39;s supporters and chief rival said Sunday.
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Yunus Qanooni, Hamid Karzai's chief rival in Afghanistan's presidential election, said he will accept the outcome, as Karzai swept the country's south and southeast en route to outright victory.
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KABUL - President Hamid Karzai clinched victory in Afghanistan&#39;s historic presidential poll as his main rival conceded defeat even before election workers began counting the final votes on Monday.
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More than two weeks after Afghanistan's first presidential election, vote counting wrapped up Tuesday and interim leader Hamid Karzai emerged with a resounding victory.
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Hamid Karzai formally accepted his election as president of Afghanistan Thursday, a day after a joint UN-Afghan electoral board proclaimed him the victor in the October 9 vote, and said he would not condone the existence of &quot;private militia forces
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Early results from the Afghan election suggest interim president Hamid Karzai has won enough votes for victory.
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KABUL, Afghanistan The top challengers in the Afghan presidential election are conceding defeat to Hamid Karzai (HAH&#39;-mihd KAHR&#39;-zeye).
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Yunus Qanooni, chief rival to incumbent Afghan leader Hamid Karzai, said he would accept the outcome of the country's presidential poll &quot;in the national interest&quot; despite his allegations of fraud.
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Interim leader Hamid Karzai has won a majority of estimated votes cast in Afghanistan's landmark presidential elections, according to preliminary results released Sunday.
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Hamid Karzai was finally declared the winner of Afghanistan&#39;s landmark presidential election today, at the same time as the militants threatening to kill three UN hostages who were in the country to oversee the election pushed back their deadline by 12
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President Hamid Karzai was formally announced the winner of the Oct. 9 presidential election by Afghanistan&#39;s electoral board this afternoon after an international
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Kabul, Afghanistan -- An Afghan electoral board spokesman says Hamid Karzai is the winner of that country&#39;s landmark presidential election.
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HAMID Karzai has emerged as the undisputed winner of Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential elections after his nearest contender conceded defeat.
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The main rival of President Hamid Karzai has conceded defeat in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election with less than six per cent of the vote left to be counted.
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US-backed Hamid Karzai has been officially declared the winner of Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential election. Wednesday&#39;s announcement came almost a month after eight million Afghans defied threats of violence to vote in the elections.