Karzai Becomes Afghanistan&#39;s First Elected President
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Afghanistan&#39;s transitional leader Hamid Karzai has won the war-shattered country&#39;s first-ever presidential election. the announcement came after a special panel endorsed the election results as free and fair.
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25 October 2004 -- With nearly all the votes counted, Afghan Transitional Administration Chairman Hamid Karzai appears on his way to an outright victory in the initial round of Afghanistan&#39;s first-ever direct presidential election.
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Hamid Karzai formally accepted his election as president of Afghanistan Thursday, a day after a joint UN-Afghan electoral board proclaimed him the victor in the October 9 vote, and said he would not condone the existence of &quot;private militia forces
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Hamid Karzai was sworn in Tuesday as Afghanistan&#39;s first popularly elected president, opening a new chapter for the impoverished country, which became a haven for international
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Hamid Karzai was sworn-in as Afghanistan&#39;s first directly-elected president amid tight security at his fortified Presidential Palace Tuesday.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Incumbent Hamid Karzai has been declared the winner of Afghanistan&#39;s first direct presidential election, the body organizing the vote has said.
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A ring of steel was placed around the Afghan capital on Tuesday as Hamid Karzai prepared to be sworn in as the country&#39;s first popularly elected President at a ceremony
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The incumbent Afghan leader Hamid Karzai has emerged as the winner of Afghanistan&#39;s first-ever presidential election marred by irregularities, head of the joint UN-Afghan election commission announced here Wednesday.
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Hamid Karzai has been sworn in as Afghanistan&#39;s first democratically elected president at a ceremony attended by US Deputy President Dick Cheney and Defence Minister Donald Rumsfeld.
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Authorities have taken necessary measures ahead of presidential inauguration to ensure a peaceful oath taking ceremony of Hamid Karzai as the first directly elected president of Afghanistan.
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Exactly three years after the American-led overthrow of the Taliban, Hamid Karzai was inaugurated as Afghanistan&#39;s first democratically elected president yesterday, to the evident satisfaction of the Bush administration.
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Vote counting started Thursday in Afghanistan's landmark election, widely expected to install U.S.-backed interim leader Hamid Karzai as the war-ravaged country's first popularly chosen president.
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Though the Afghanistan&#39;s new head of the state Hamid Karzai easily swept the Oct. 9 presidential elections and took oath as first-elected national leader Tuesday
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Hamid Karzai was assured of a majority in Afghanistanâs election to become its first democratically chosen president. With nearly 95 per cent of votes counted, the interim leader already has more than half
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President Hamid Karzai was formally announced the winner of the Oct. 9 presidential election by Afghanistan&#39;s electoral board this afternoon after an international
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The inauguration ceremony in Kabul was attended by hundreds of dignitaries, including the US Vice President, Dick Cheney. Mr Karzai, the country&#39;s interim leader since the fall of the Taleban, won the presidential
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Hamid Karzai&#39;s inauguration as Afghanistan&#39;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.