Candidates want new Afghan election
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Afghanistan&#39;s first election was marred by controversy when all but one of the presidential candidates alleged voter fraud and vowed to discount the results.
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Afghans vote Saturday in the first direct presidential elections in their history, under the threat of violence from anti-US militants and Osama bin Laden's terror network.
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On Saturday, Afghans will vote for the first time in a presidential election that could advance the cause of democracy, or just as easily provoke widespread disillusionment.
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KABUL, Afghanistan  - Afghan President Hamid  Karzai's rivals Thursday challenged him to quit the  presidential race or face them in a public debate, even as they  searched for a viable challenger to unite behind.
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Afghanistan's first direct presidential election Saturday will be a historic experiment with democracy after more than two decades of ruin, from Soviet occupation to civil war to the repressive Taliban and the thunderous U.S. bombing campaign that ended their rule...
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Many Afghans say they are more worried about a different source of abuse and intimidation during the presidential elections: pressure from local militia commanders to vote for certain candidates.
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With two weeks remaining before national elections and 18 candidates running for president, Afghanistan&#39;s capital should be a frenzy of competing campaign
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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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President Karzai's rival gains ground by appealing to Afghanistan's former anti-Soviet resistance fighters.
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Following are brief profiles of the leading candidates in Afghanistan&#39;s first direct presidential election to be held on Saturday.
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Campaigning for Afghanistan&#39;s first direct presidential election began Tuesday, a crucial step in the nation&#39;s troubled transition to democracy after the fall of the Taliban nearly three years ago.
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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 said they would boycott the outcome because of potential fraud in the system designed to keep voters from casting more than one ballot.    The opponents of the U.S.-backed Karzai - who was heavily favored to win - demanded that the election be abandoned, arguing that problems with the ink used to mark voters' thumbs opened the way for widespread multiple voting...
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For the first time since independence in 1919, voters in Afghanistan will go to the polls on Saturday to elect a new president. Enthusiasm is high: more than 11 million registered
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Presidential campaigning in Afghanistan is shadowed by a new insurgent group plan for disruptions.
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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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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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GHAZNI, Afghanistan  - Afghan President Hamid  Karzai campaigned on Tuesday for the first time since an  assassination attempt last month, telling cheering supporters a  historic vote in four days would be a turning point for the  war-torn nation.