Afghans Begin Historic Vote; No Reports of Violence
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Afghans began voting on Saturday in a  historic poll that will give the mountainous Islamic nation on  the ancient Silk Road its first elected president and perhaps  end over a quarter-century of war.
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KABUL: 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&#39;s terror network.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Vote counting in Afghanistan'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.    A top election official said about three-quarters of the 10.5 milion Afghans who registered for the election turned out to vote - despite threats of violence...
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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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6 October 2004 -- Campaigning in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election drew to a close today amid violence, as the nation prepares to cast ballots in its first democratic vote on 9 October.
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Afghans are voting in a historic poll that aimed to give the mountainous and impoverished Islamic nation its first elected president and perhaps end over a quarter-century of war.
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Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai promised Afghans greater security when they go to vote in the country's first ever democratic election during an independence day speech on Wednesday.
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After delays over fraud charges and boycott threats, the vote count in Afghanistan's presidential election finally began, five days after millions of men and women defied the Taliban to have their first say in their country's destiny.
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Election officials in Afghanistan collected ballots on Sunday from a historic presidential vote which started enthusiastically but ended in turmoil after most of the candidates announced a boycott.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Vote counting in Afghanistan's presidential election got underway Thursday, five days after a landmark vote meant to cement a new era of stability after more than two decades of strife.    Tallying was delayed slightly in the capital, but it began in many of the other seven counting centers across the country on Thursday morning, said Farooq Wardak, a senior election official...
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Millions of Afghans are set to go to the polls Saturday in the country&#39;s first direct democratic election, almost three years after the hard-line Taliban regime was ousted by a US-led military campaign.
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Vote counting in Afghanistan&#39;s first-ever presidential election began on Thursday, five days after polls closed, reports The Associated Press.
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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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On Saturday, Afghans will vote for the first time in a presidential election that could advance the cause of democracy, or just as easily provoke widespread disillusionment.
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Afghans have begun heading to the polls in the country&#39;s first direct democratic election, almost three years after the hard-line Taliban regime was ousted by a US-led military campaign.
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Afghanistan&#39;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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Afghans will begin casting their votes on Saturday morning at some 25,000 polling stations, in the country&#39;s first democratic ballot.