Karzai&#39;s main rival admits defeat in presidential race
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Hamid Karzai&#39;s main rival for the Afghan presidency yesterday conceded defeat with less than 6 per cent of the vote count remaining.
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A top rival to Afghan election frontrunner President Hamid Karzai called off his boycott of the process on Wednesday, making it likely that the historic poll&#39;s result
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The chief rival of interim President Hamid Karzai said he has evidence of organized fraud in Afghanistan&#39;s election and accused the UN-Afghan electoral commission on Monday of ignoring his complaints.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - The main opposition candidate in Afghanistan's first-ever presidential election backed off a boycott of the vote Monday, saying he would accept the formation of an independent commission to look into alleged cheating.    Ethnic Tajik candidate Yunus Qanooni, considered the likely runner-up to interim President Hamid Karzai, made the announcement at his Kabul home, a day after two other candidates also peeled away from the boycott...
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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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KABUL, Oct 10  - Afghan President Hamid Karzai Sunday angrily rejected a suggestion that problems with the presidential election meant that he would be reduced to &quot;horse-trading&quot; with his opponents.
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KABUL, Oct 11: A breakthrough agreement in Afghanistan&#39;s disputed elections was reached on Monday when the main rival to President Hamid Karzai said he would accept the result after an independent inquiry into charges of fraud.
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Afghan presidential candidate Yunus Qanooni adjusts his glasses during an interview in Kabul on Sunday, Oct.17. 2004. Hamid Karzai&#39;s closest rival in Afghanistan&#39;s landmark election refused to concede defeat
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The main opponent of President Hamid Karzai in Saturday&#39;s elections in Afghanistan is backing off from a boycott of the vote-count.
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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 two main rivals in Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential election threw themselves into campaigning Tuesday, drawing crowds of supporters four days before a vote that
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A boycott of the vote has crumbled, with all leading rivals of President Hamid Karzai now endorsing a UN panel looking into alleged irregularities.
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President Hamid Karzai's main challenger yesterday backed off a boycott of Afghanistan's landmark election over allegations of fraud, saying he would accept the formation of an independent commission to look ...
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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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Incumbent Hamid Karzai was declared the winner of last month&#39;s Afghan presidential election Wednesday and now faces the task of forming a government minus the warlords and drug runners who tainted his last cabinet.
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A breakthrough agreement in Afghanistan's disputed elections was reached when the main rival to President Hamid Karzai said he would accept the result after an independent inquiry into charges of fraud.
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The chief rival of interim President Hamid Karzai said he has evidence of organized fraud in Afghanistan's election and accused the U.N.-Afghan electoral commission on Monday of ignoring his complaints.