Afghan Polls Fair Despite Ink Fiasco -Monitors
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Independent observers described Afghanistan&#39;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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HAMID Karzai maintained his clear majority in the Afghan presidential elections as the vote count passed 75 per cent today, according to the official poll website.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Ballot boxes poured into vote counting centers across Afghanistan on Monday, while an independent panel will probe allegations the landmark election was marred by fraud.    Organizers of the vote are hoping the establishment of the panel - made up of about three foreign election experts - will end an opposition boycott that could seriously undermine the winner's ability to rule this war-ravaged nation...
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A panel investigating the Afghan presidential elections said Wednesday incumbent President Hamid Karzai won with 55 percent of the vote, the BBC reported.
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An Afghan polling official shows a UN worker, left, a sealed ballot box at a collecting station in the southern city of Kandahar, Afghanistan, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2004.
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International observers say calls to annul  the Afghan presidential  poll on grounds of fraud are unjustified.
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Many Afghans are optimistic about the direction the war-torn country is taking, but have mixed feelings about their government, a survey released on Tuesday found.
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International observers have endorsed Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential election, rejecting opposition calls for a new poll amid reports of fraud.
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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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Interim leader Hamid Karzai has taken an unofficial simple majority in the Afghan presidential election -- enough to avoid a runoff, the BBC reported Sunday.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Opposition candidates who declared Afghanistan's presidential election invalid Saturday after the wrong kind of ink was used to mark voters' thumbs began to back down yesterday, as international organizations called the ballot mostly fair and some Afghans angrily accused the opponents of interim President Hamid Karzai of overreacting.
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Vote counting has finally started in Afghanistan&#39;s landmark election, held last weekend, after a probe into fraud allegations halted the process.
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The counting of ballots from Afghanistan&#39;s Oct. 9 presidential election began after a delay caused by allegations of voting irregularities, the country&#39;s electoral commission said.
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Ballot boxes poured into counting centers Monday for a tally of the disputed presidential election in Afghanistan amid signs an opposition boycott was wavering after at least two candidates agreed to accept the ruling of an
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Afghans turned out to vote in large numbers today as Hamid Karzai and his rivals disputed the integrity of the vote.
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A challenge to the credibility of Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election appeared to recede yesterday as officials said an independent commission would evaluate voting
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Election officials in Afghanistan have collected ballots from a historic presidential vote, which started enthusiastically but ended in turmoil after most of the candidates announced a boycott.