Afghans vote peacefully
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Millions of enthusiastic Afghans stood in line and voted â-ithout any large-scale attacks that many had feared â -the nation chose its first-ever directly elected leader.
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Afghan refugees thronged polling stations in Pakistan and Iran on Saturday to vote in their war-torn homeland's landmark presidential election &#151; undeterred by explosions at or near two refugee camps.
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HERAT, Afghanistan  - The western Afghan city of  Herat was calm Monday following bloody clashes between  supporters of the powerful ousted governor and U.S. and Afghan  forces sent to keep the peace.
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Afghanistan's historic presidential  election closed on Saturday without any of the feared  large-scale violence but the vote was thrown into turmoil  instead by a boycott called by most of the candidates.
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Workers put empty ballot boxes out after completing the counting of votes from Afghan exiles in Pakistan in Kabul on Tuesday, Oct. 26.
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KABUL : Afghanistan&#39;s presidential vote count passed the 80 percent mark with Hamid Karzai holding on to his clear majority, but any potential celebrations were cut short by a Taliban suicide bomb in Kabul.
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ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees in Pakistan exercised their right to vote in Afghanistanâs first presidential elections on Saturday under tight security.
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The western Afghan city of Herat was calm Monday following bloody clashes between supporters of the powerful ousted governor and U.S. and Afghan forces sent to keep the peace.
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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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This nation&#39;s first presidential election took a step toward legitimacy Sunday when Afghan and international officials celebrated the turnout of millions of
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Afghans arrange votes in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, Oct. 11, 2004. The Afghan Joint Electoral Management Body decided on Monday to suspend vote counting and start to investigate into the voting process.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on  Sunday that some of the candidates who had called for a boycott  of a historic presidential election had changed their mind and  were willing to accept its legitimacy.
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Preliminary figures in the Afghan poll suggest interim Hamid Karzai has won enough votes to be elected.
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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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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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What a difference the ballot makes. The election of Hamid Karzai as the first popularly elected president of Afghanistan is a dramatic affirmation of the power of democracy.
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Afghans have one day left to make up their minds about who to vote for as their country's first elected president even though threats of violent reprisals by Taliban militants may deter some from casting their ballots.