Officials Urge Afghan Candidates to Await Voter Fraud ...
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Afghan and foreign officials are urging patience as they start investigating alleged cases of voter fraud in Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential election.
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ISN SECURITY WATCH (18/10/04) - Yunus Qanooni, the main contender against interim president Hamid Karzai in Afghanistanâs 9 October presidential elections, accused election organizers on Monday of massive fraud and ârobbing the peopleâs voteâ.
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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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KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghans packed polling stations on Saturday for a historic presidential election that was blemished when all 15 candidates opposing U.S.-backed interim President Hamid Karzai withdrew, charging the government and the U.N. with fraud and incompetence...
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Another top rival to Afghan election  frontrunner President Hamid Karzai ended his boycott of the  process on Wednesday, but vote counting was further delayed as  a panel began to sift through dozens of complaints of fraud.
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KABUL, Afghanistan  - NATO urged Afghanistan on  Sunday to fix a date for parliamentary elections as soon as  possible to give the alliance time to plan reinforcements to  send to the country for the vote.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan election officials agreed Sunday to create an independent commission to probe opposition charges of fraud in this nation's first-ever presidential poll, while ballot-boxes stuffed with the aspirations of the people of this war-ravaged land started to stack up in counting centers.    International officials met privately in an effort to end a boycott of the ballot by opponents of U.S.-backed interim President Hamid Karzai, a heavy favorite to win...
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KABUL, Afghanistan More than 100-thousand Afghan and foreign security forces are on high alert the day before the country&#39;s first direct presidential election.
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Afghanistan's first direct presidential election was thrust into turmoil hours after it started Saturday when all 15 candidates challenging interim leader Hamid Karzai alleged fraud over the ink meant to ensure ...
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MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan  - Before Shugofa  Beheshti decides who to vote for in Afghanistan's Oct. 9  presidential election, she wants to hear what the candidates  have to say.
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Afghan officials have delayed counting ballots in a historic presidential election to deal with complaints of fraud, but several of the candidates appear to be pulling
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Afghanistan was set to start counting  votes on Wednesday from a historic presidential election after  several candidates backed off from declaring the poll illegal.
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KABUL : Afghanistan&#39;s first ever national election was in crisis as opposition candidates demanded fresh polls, charging widespread fraud, after eager voters turned out in force for a peaceful vote hoping for an end to decades of conflict.
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International observers say calls to annul  the Afghan presidential  poll on grounds of fraud are unjustified.
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Even as enthusiastic Afghans went to the polls, 15 presidential candidates, charging fraud, called for a suspended election.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai&#39;s deputies campaigned for him on Saturday ahead of presidential elections seven days later, while the candidate himself prepared to fly to Germany to collect an international award.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - All 15 candidates running against interim Afghan leader Hamid Karzai signed an agreement Saturday boycotting the vote because of what they say is widespread fraud, and say they will not recognize the election results.    The announcement was read out after a meeting of candidates and their representatives at the home of Abdul Satar Sirat, an Uzbek who is an ex-aide to Afghanistan's last king...