Quiet week precedes Afghan elections
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EDITORâS NOTE: This is one in an occasional series in October about the 160 members of Fort Wayneâs 221st Ordnance Company in Afghanistan.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- More than two weeks after Afghanistan's first presidential election, vote counting wrapped up yesterday and interim leader Hamid Karzai emerged with a resounding victory.
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Workers put empty ballot boxes out after completing the counting of votes from Afghan exiles in Pakistan in Kabul on Tuesday, Oct. 26.
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As counting in Afghanistan's presidential  election neared its end, a dip in incumbent Hamid Karzai's lead  on Saturday put more onus on an independent panel to decide if  voting irregularities could have upset the result.
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Vote counting in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election got under way Thursday, five days after a landmark vote meant to cement a new era of stability after more than two decades of strife.
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The election for president in Afghanistan may have brought us one small step closer to worldwide democracy. At least the people there left no doubt that they wanted to vote.
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Afghan officials delayed counting ballots  on Monday to deal with complaints of fraud in a historic  presidential election, but several candidates appeared to be  pulling back from an initial decision to reject the vote.
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The immediate crisis over Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election dissipated Monday as Afghan and United Nations officials said an independent commission would recommend
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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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Afghanistan's presidential vote count neared its end with Hamid Karzai edging closer to victory, but a weekend suicide blast in Kabul offered a deadly reminder of the dangers facing the war-weary nation.
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KABUL, Afghanistan: Interim leader Hamid Karzai has moved far ahead of his rivals in early results from Afghanistan&#39;s first-ever presidential elections as ballot counting -- delayed over alleged irregularities -- has gathered speed.
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The vote count in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election has resumed with interim President Hamid Karzai far ahead of his rivals in early results.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - The Muslim day of rest offered no respite for the vote counters in Afghanistanâs landmark election, as they continued to tally ballots from the historic Oct. 9 poll.
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Election organisers formally announced the result in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Wednesday, nearly a month after the poll. The result came after a panel examining voting irregularities said they would not affect the outcome of the election.
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US-backed interim leader Hamid Karzai was nearing victory in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential vote, election officials said, as the number of ballots counted passed the half way mark.
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Poll stations officially closed in  Afghanistan's 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 - 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.    Although no ballots from Saturday's election have been counted yet, the U.S.-backed interim leader is the clear favorite to win...