Afghan Rivals Gang Up on Karzai, Seek a Champion
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KABUL, Afghanistan  - Afghan President Hamid  Karzai's rivals Thursday challenged him to quit the  presidential race or face them in a public debate, even as they  searched for a viable challenger to unite behind.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai wants  Pashtuns on both sides of the Pakistan border to work together against the Taleban.
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Voters and analysts fear that ballot-box clash of Karzai and rival candidate from different ethnic group could bring disaster.
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A day after naming his new cabinet,  Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai said he had asked his main  rival to form a national political party ahead of parliamentary  elections due in April.
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The incumbent Afghan president HamidKarzai has been heading his rivals in the vote counting for the sixth consecutive day as he received 61.
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Afghanistan has held its first direct national elections to vote for a new president. Interim President Hamid Karzai is being challenged by 15 other candidates.
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Campaigning in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election officially began today. Afghan Transitional Administration Chairman Hamid Karzai and his 17 opponents have 30 days to try to win support from more than 10 million registered voters.
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The likely runner-up in Afghanistan&#39;s historic presidential election alleged on Monday that the vote was marred by cheating, as President Hamid Karzai appeared
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai&#39;s main opponent in a landmark election took center stage on Saturday, while the incumbent, almost invisible during the campaign amid security
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Individual agendas will likely hobble a united opposition against Afghan President Hamid Karzai in October's presidential elections, analysts said, a day after most of Karzai's rivals threatened to boycott the polls.
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With two weeks remaining before national elections and 18 candidates running for president, Afghanistan&#39;s capital should be a frenzy of competing campaign
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SHIBERGHAN, Afghanistan  - Afghanistan's election  bandwagon creaked into motion on Tuesday with a regional  strongman attracting the biggest gathering of the campaign.
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Hamid Karzai is on course to retain the presidency in Afghanistan with more than half the votes counted in the country&#39;s first poll.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai's 17 rivals in the presidential race threatened to boycott landmark October 9 elections unless he stepped down before the vote.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Weekend counting shows interim President Hamid Karzai is well ahead of his rivals and on course to become Afghanistan&#39;s first popularly elected leader.
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Hamid Karzai&#39;s running mate in the Afghan presidential election narrowly escaped an assassination attempt by the Taliban yesterday in the latest bid to derail Saturday&#39;s poll.
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The two main rivals in Afghanistan's  first presidential election threw themselves into campaigning  Tuesday, drawing crowds of supporters four days before a vote  that many hope could be a turning point for the war-torn  nation.