Warlord ends Afghan poll boycott
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Afghan warlord General Dostum says he will, after all, accept the validity of Saturday's presidential poll.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Poll stations officially closed in Afghanistanâs historic presidential election on Saturday with no reports of any major attacks by Taliban militants who had vowed to sabotage the process.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Armed men in military uniforms stopped a UN vehicle in Kabul on Thursday, beating the driver and abducting three foreigners who were in Afghanistan to help oversee landmark presidential elections.
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KABUL, Afghanistan Aug. 17, 2004  An Afghan warlord abandoned his gains in the country&#39;s latest burst of factional fighting Tuesday, after the United States brokered a cease-fire and sent warplanes circling overhead.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - 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 people voted only once and vowed to boycott the results.    But electoral officials rejected their demand that the vote be called off, saying an apparent mix-up with the ink was not severe enough to halt the historic vote...
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Hamid Karzaiâs chief rivals in Afghanistanâs presidential election conceded defeat today after the US-backed interim leader was declared its first popularly elected leader.
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Chances for a conclusive result to Afghanistan's landmark election were on firmer ground Tuesday after President Hamid Karzai's main challenger backed away from a boycott, indicating he'd accept an independent commission to probe vote-fraud charges.
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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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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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The chief rival to Afghan President Hamid  Karzai in last week's historic presidential election said on  Monday he and several other candidates had dropped a plan to  boycott the election process.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on  Sunday that some of the candidates who had called for a boycott  of a historic presidential election had changed their mind and  were willing to accept its legitimacy.
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Afghanistan's attorney general says he has suspended former warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum from the government.
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A veteran Afghan warlord wanted by the U.S. distanced himself from the Taliban and gave his strongest indication yet that he was open to talks with embattled President Hamid Karzai.
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A rebel Nigerian warlord withdrew a  threat to shut oil operations in the world's seventh largest  exporter Friday as part of a peace deal negotiated with the  government.
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A renegade Afghan warlord has been arrested and brought to the capital by the central government, just weeks after his troops clashed
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Afghanistan's election authority said on Saturday the election process would continue in the country's historic presidential election despite a decision by most of the candidates to boycott the poll over irregularities.
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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.