Reality in Afghanistan not as hopeful as vote
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If only the United States would show as much faith in Afghanistan as the people who voted in that country&#39;s first presidential election.
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MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan  - Before Shugofa  Beheshti decides who to vote for in Afghanistan's Oct. 9  presidential election, she wants to hear what the candidates  have to say.
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For some, voting day will be violent and disappointing. For others, just plain confusing. And the Sunnis may have to be drawn in after the fact
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Afghanistan's presidential vote count neared its end with Hamid Karzai edging closer to victory, but a weekend suicide blast in Kabul offered a deadly reminder of the dangers facing the war-weary nation.
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Afghanistan's presidential vote count is expected to conclude but several procedural steps remain before any declaration of incumbent Hamid Karzai's landslide victory in the historic ballot.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - The vote tally under way on Friday in Afghanistanâs landmark election was widely expected to yield an election victory for US -backed interim leader Hamid Karzai, which would install him as the war-ravaged countryâs first
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Afghans turned out to vote in large numbers on Saturday, but Hamid Karzai and his rivals disputed the integrity of the vote.
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KABUL : Afghanistan&#39;s presidential vote count neared its end with Hamid Karzai edging closer to victory, but a weekend suicide blast in Kabul offered a deadly reminder of the dangers facing the war-weary nation.
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The worst-kept secret in the village of Dehnow is that everyone is voting for Hamid Karzai. Of course, when asked who they want to win yesterday&#39;s elections for the president of Afghanistan
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Afghanistan&#39;s historic presidential election began today, with people across this ethnically diverse land casting the first ballots in an improbable experiment with democracy
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghanistan's historic presidential election began Saturday, with people across this ethnically diverse land casting the first ballots in an improbable experiment with democracy, and under a Taliban threat of ruinous violence.    After 25 years of near-constant war, voters descended on bombed-out schools, blue-domed mosques and bullet-pocked hospitals to choose their leader for the first time as more than 100,000 soldiers, police, U.S...
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Hamid Karzai was cruising to victory in  Afghanistan's first direct presidential elections, but by  Wednesday the returns so far have underscored the ethnic fault  lines that have often divided the country.
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The election may become a contest between two clashing visions of Afghan society: one that is modern and Western-leaning and one that is  protective of traditional Islamic values.
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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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HERAT, Afghanistan  - Afghanistan's first  presidential election is just over a week away, but campaigning  and enthusiasm have been muted for an event described by  President Bush as one of his major achievements.
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As the war-weary Afghans are getting closer to the first-ever presidential polls, the spiraling violence is going to hamper the ongoing stabilization process in the post-war nation, observers here believe.
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An afghan electoral worker counts Yunus Qanooni&#39;s ballots papers at the counting center in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, Oct. 18.