Afghanistan's elections seen as a fertile ground for fraud
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Afghanistan's historic presidential elections on Saturday will fall far short of internationally-accepted standards, analysts say.
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Afghanistan's protracted election vote count finally drew to a close with President Hamid Karzai the landslide victor, but an official declaration of his win still awaited the verdict of a fraud probe.
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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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Election officials in Afghanistan  collected ballots on Sunday from a historic presidential vote  which started enthusiastically but ended in turmoil after most  of the candidates announced a boycott.
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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...
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The Bush administration is confident that Afghanistan's first direct presidential election will be deemed fair and valid despite protests from candidates that the balloting was marred by fraud, a top presidential aide said Sunday.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Ballot boxes poured into counting centers Monday for a tally of the troubled presidential election in Afghanistan amid signs an opposition boycott was wavering after at least two candidates agreed to accept the ruling of an independent panel's inquiry.    Election organizers hope their decision, announced late Sunday, to establish a panel of about three foreign election experts to investigate the balloting will end the boycott, which many fear could seriously undermine the winner's ability to rule this war-ravaged nation...
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KABUL, Afghanistan  - The likely runner-up in  Afghanistan's historic presidential election alleged on Monday  that the vote was marred by cheating, as President Hamid Karzai  appeared on course to win without needing a second round  runoff.
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Ballots are being counted in Afghanistan, after delays created by irregularities in Saturday's elections.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Thousands of election workers began the long process of tallying the results of Afghanistan's first-ever presidential election on Sunday, even as controversy swirled over the vote's legitimacy.    What was supposed to be a historic day in the war-ravaged nation turned sour Saturday when all 15 challengers to interim President Hamid Karzai withdrew in the middle of voting, accusing the government and the United Nations of fraud and incompetence because of faulty ink used to mark voters' thumbs...
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Afghanistan&#39;s election body says it hopes to finish its probe into possible voting fraud and other irregularities before final results are announced sometime in the coming weeks.
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The power of liberty has been demonstrated again, in the arid valleys of Afghanistan, where millions have defied terrorist threats and turned out in droves for the nation&#39;s first free and fair election.
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With more than half the ballots in Afghanistan's presidential election counted and outright triumph virtually assured for incumbent Hamid Karzai, attention turned to when the winner can be declared and how the losers will react.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - An independent commission will probe claims by all 15 challengers to interim leader Hamid Karzai that Afghanistan's first direct presidential election was marred by incompetence and fraud, a top official said Sunday.    The move to head off the attack on the vote's legitimacy came as workers began the long process of collecting ballots from Saturday's historic election, in which Karzai was a heavy favorite...
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Independent observers described  Afghanistan's historic presidential election as mostly fair on  Sunday despite turmoil over possible multiple voting that led  most of the candidates to call for a general boycott.
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Ballots from Afghanistan's first direct  presidential election poured into collection centers across the  country on Tuesday, brought by donkey, road and helicopter.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan election officials agreed Sunday to create an independent commission to probe opposition charges of fraud in this nation's first-ever presidential poll, while ballot-boxes stuffed with the aspirations of the people of this war-ravaged land started to stack up in counting centers.    International officials met privately in an effort to end a boycott of the ballot by opponents of U.S.-backed interim President Hamid Karzai, a heavy favorite to win...