Top Karzai rival plans new party
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The runner-up in the Afghan presidential election, Yunus Qanuni, says he is forming a new political party.
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Afghanistan&#39;s first directly-elected president, Hamid Karzai, has identified two issues - warlordism and Afghanistan&#39;s booming drugs trade - as targets for change.
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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, October 22 (Online): Yunus Qanooni, Hamid Karzai&#39;s chief rival in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election, said he will accept the outcome, as Karzai swept the country&#39;s south and southeast en route to outright victory.
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For a man whose election victory in  October was never in doubt, Afghanistan's President Hamid  Karzai is taking his time picking a cabinet from a lineup of  military strongmen and civilians returning from the West.
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KABUL, Oct 27  - Hamid Karzai, who has led Afghanistan&#39;s interim government since the Taliban&#39;s collapse three years ago, was just days away from being declared his country&#39;s first popularly elected leader.
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The chief challenger to Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he and several other presidential contenders are withdrawing their rejection of Saturday's election.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai Thursday evening announced the much-awaited new cabinet line-up, replacing some of the influential warlords in the interim government with new faces.
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Hamid Karzai's inauguration as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president opens a new chapter in the battle to rescue this impoverished country, which became a haven for international terrorism and now risks turning into a narco-state.
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Seeking to inject last-minute excitement into a lackluster campaign, a leading Afghan presidential candidate said Monday he is trying to team up with other contenders to topple heavily favored interim President Hamid Karzai.
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The runner-up to Hamid Karzai in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential elections congratulated Mr. Karzai on Saturday on the formation of his cabinet, but said
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Hamid Karzai named a new Cabinet yesterday, firing the prominent defense minister and removing other warlords from top posts in a major reshuffle weeks after being sworn in as the nation's first democratically elected president.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai's main  opponent in a landmark election took center stage on Saturday,  while the incumbent, almost invisible during the campaign amid  security concerns, prepared to go to Germany to receive an  award.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai's deputies campaigned for him Saturday ahead of presidential elections seven days away, while the candidate himself prepared to fly to Germany to collect an international award.
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Hamid Karzai&#39;s closest rival for the Afghan presidency, Yunus Qanooni, is to launch an opposition party, positioning himself as a key challenger in the new parliament.
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Afghanistan will hold its first presidential election in decades on October 9th. Among the 18 candidates vying for office is incumbent President Hamid Karzai, a respected but sometimes controversial figure
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Kabul: Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday swore in a new cabinet which sidelines powerful warlords and brings in reformers to battle drugs and rebuild the shattered country.