Afghan president vows to reform the government
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President Hamid Karzai swore in a new Cabinet on Friday, promising the 27-strong group will leave their ethnicities and regional interests at the door in order to work for
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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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AFGHANISTAN&#39;S first democratically elected president was sworn in yesterday - vowing to crack down on drug traffickers and the last of the Taliban.
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Hamid Karzai was sworn in today as Afghanistan&#39;s first popularly elected president, three years after American-backed resistance fighters swept the Taliban government from power.
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KABUL -- Hamid Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president yesterday, vowing to battle terrorism and the booming narcotics trade and calling for continued international support for his country's fledgling democracy.
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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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Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Sunday his government is working very hard on peace talks with the Taliban that would draw the insurgents and their supporters "back to the fold."
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President Hamid Karzai swore in his new Cabinet Friday, hailing the body as Afghanistan's best hope for a better future and urging its new members to set aside ethnic and regional loyalties to work for the good of the nation.
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A ring of steel was placed around the Afghan capital on Tuesday as Hamid Karzai prepared to be sworn in as the country&#39;s first popularly elected President at a ceremony
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6 December 2004 -- Remnants of the ousted Taliban regime have threatened to launch attacks during the swearing in of Afghan President-elect Hamid Karzai.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai has officially taken office, warning of the risks posed by terrorism and the illicit drug trade. Mr.
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Hamid Karzai becomes Afghanistan&#39;s first democratically elected president today at an inauguration ceremony in the capital Kabul, as the United Nations said warlords and drug trafficking threaten the country&#39;s security.
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Exclusive:  Afghanistan's president, in an interview with TIME minutes after a deadly bomb blast shook the capital, says to expect more tests of the West's will to secure his country
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HAMID Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistan&#39;s first democratically elected president last night, opening a new chapter for the impoverished nation that became the first battlefield in the US-led war on terrorism in the wake of the September 11 attacks.
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President Hamid Karzai promised yesterday to assemble a &quot;representative&quot; government, but said he did not feel bound to offer top cabinet positions to defeated rivals.
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THE CEREMONY: Hamid Karzai was sworn in for a five-year term as Afghan president after winning the country&#39;s first vote for head of state.
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Afghanistan&#39;s president, Hamid Karzai, says presidential elections on Saturday will decide the fate of the war-shattered country for centuries.