Tense Silence Envelops Afghan Campaign
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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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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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The killing in Afghanistan spirals onward, undermining U.S. claims of success in pacifying the country with less than a week to go before an historic experiment with democracy &#151; direct presidential elections.
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Before Shugofa Beheshti decides who to vote for in Afghanistan&#39;s October 9 presidential election, she wants to hear what the candidates have to say.
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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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In diplomacy, silence can speak as loudly as the noisiest protest. When Israel announced plans to build 1,001 new homes in the West Bank, the silence from Washington echoed around the Middle East like a rifle shot.
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Ahead of Afghan presidential elections to be held on Saturday, allegations of US involvement inthe event were reported one after another, leaving people an impression
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Tens of thousands of people gathered in a northern Afghan town on Tuesday to hear General Abdul Rashid Dostum launch his bid for the presidency, as a slow election campaign began to gather pace.
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Several candidates in Afghanistan's  presidential election appear set to drop calls for a boycott of the result.
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BERLIN, Jul 12 (IPS) - Doubts are being raised about German military  engagement in the so-called Operation Enduring Freedom in  Afghanistan ahead of a crucial vote in parliament due October.
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The battlelines have been drawn for  Afghanistan's historic presidential vote in two days' time and  it's not about President Hamid Karzai and whether he wins.
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - The killing in Afghanistan spirals onward, undermining U.S. claims of success in pacifying the country with less than a week to go before an historic experiment with democracy - direct presidential elections...
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KABUL, Afghanistan - The Muslim day of rest offered no respite for the vote counters in Afghanistanâs landmark election, as they continued to tally ballots from the historic Oct. 9 poll.
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Skeptical senators from both parties swept aside the Bush administration's optimistic defense of its strategy in Afghanistan Thursday, suggesting weariness over the campaign against the Taliban.
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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 when  most candidates said a flawed process made the poll invalid.
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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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Afghanistan's presidential campaign draws to a close - a day after President Karzai holds his first rally.