World ; Polling for President starts in war-torn Afghanistan
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World News, KABUL - Voting began in Afghanistan Saturday for the first direct presidential election in the countryâs history. Some 10.
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Afghans vote Saturday in the first direct presidential elections in their history, under the threat of violence from anti-US militants and Osama bin Laden's terror network.
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KABUL - An irregularity was reported Saturday in the first hours of Afghanistanâs first democratic presidential election in history.
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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.
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Taliban guerrillas fired rockets in parts of Afghanistan on Friday, the eve of the first presidential election in the rugged, war-torn land, underlining the threat of sabotage by the Islamic fundamentalist insurgents.
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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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Afghanistan will undergo the first presidential elections in the country&#39;s history on October 9, 2004. As if surprised by the fact that Afghans could want a voice in their
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Afghan officials were due to begin  counting votes on Monday after a controversial presidential  election that was in danger of being scrapped but is more  likely to be a turning point in the history of the war-torn  nation.
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Sporadic violence erupted in pockets of  Afghanistan on the eve of a historic presidential election in  the rugged war-torn land, highlighting the risks posed by  Taliban militants who have vowed to disrupt the vote.
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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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Vote counting in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election got under way Thursday, five days after a landmark vote meant to cement a new era of stability after more than two decades of strife.
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Rockets rained on cities and military outposts across Afghanistan as the war-weary nation prepared to go to the polls in Saturday's historic presidential elections.
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Afghanistan&#39;s first direct ballot to choose a president opened today, bidding to take this country of tribal chieftains and medieval ways on an improbable but long-awaited engagement with Western-style democracy.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Thousands of election workers began the long process of tallying the results of Afghanistan's first-ever presidential election on Sunday, even as controversy swirled over the vote's legitimacy.    What was supposed to be a historic day in the war-ravaged nation turned sour Saturday when all 15 challengers to interim President Hamid Karzai withdrew in the middle of voting, accusing the government and the United Nations of fraud and incompetence because of faulty ink used to mark voters' thumbs...
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KABUL - Vote counting in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election officially started on Thursday, five days after the vote. The tally has been delayed because of an investigation into alleged irregularities on election day.
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WASHINGTON With the presidential election in Afghanistan less than a week away, the international community should take a hard look at where we have come since a US-$ led coalition began a military campaign to rid that country of the Taliban and its
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President Hamid Karzai is close to winning the Afghan presidential poll, with nearly 60% of the votes and more than half the ballots counted.