Karzai Back for Final Run-In to Afghan Election
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai returns home on Monday with less than a week to go before a historic election with the opposition scrambling to present a unified challenge to the heavily favored incumbent.
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ISLAMABAD, 25 August 2004 - Afghan President Hamid Karzai yesterday announced he would free the last 400 Pakistanis who fought alongside the Taleban and had been languishing in decrepit Afghan jails since late 2001.
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With victory all but a formality in Afghanistan's historic presidential election, Hamid Karzai waited on Tuesday for the final votes to be counted to confirm his win.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai is on course for a clear victory in the country's historic election, with more than half the votes counted.
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Official figures show that Hamid Karzai is on the way to winning Afghanistan's first presidential elections.
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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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Afghanistan will hold its first presidential election in decades on October 9th. Among the 18 candidates vying for office is incumbent President Hamid Karzai, a respected but sometimes controversial figure
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President Hamid Karzai is close to winning the Afghan presidential poll, with nearly 60% of the votes and more than half the ballots counted.
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Interim leader Hamid Karzai is certain to win Afghanistan's landmark presidential election, his campaign spokesman said Tuesday, after early returns gave him a commanding advantage.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai&#39;s deputies campaigned for him on Saturday ahead of presidential elections seven days later, while the candidate himself prepared to fly to Germany to collect an international award.
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KABUL, Afghanistan: Hamid Karzai is certain to win Afghanistan&#39;s landmark presidential election with the simple majority needed to avoid a run-off, his campaign team says, with one-third of the votes counted and Karzai pulling 64 percent.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai left for Germany Sunday to receive an award, his office said, just six days before his war-plagued nation will hold its first-ever direct presidential election.
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KABUL: Afghanistan presidential election campaign concluded on Wednesday and President Hamid Karzai and his opponent Abdul Rashid Dostam in their public meetings appealed the Afghans to fully participate in the election, as it would be a new turn in the
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KABUL - Interim leader Hamid Karzai holds about 70 per cent of the votes counted so far after Afghanistan&#39;s landmark presidential election.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan President Hamid Karzai left for Germany Sunday to receive an award, his office said, just six days before his war-plagued nation will hold its first-ever direct presidential election.    The one-day trip had been previously announced, but the timing couldn't help but raise eyebrows as thousands of Afghan and international workers feverishly struggle to prepare for the Oct...
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GHAZNI, Afghanistan  - Afghan President Hamid  Karzai campaigned on Tuesday for the first time since an  assassination attempt last month, telling thousands of  supporters that a historic vote in four days would be a turning  point for the war-torn nation.
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PESHAWAR, Oct 18: Afghan President Hamid Karzai continued to maintain his lead over his rival candidates in the presidential elections.