Karzai widens lead in Afghan election; bomb attacks kills 2 GIs, 3 ...
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Interim leader Hamid Karzai widened his early lead Saturday in Afghanistan&#39;s landmark election, but the deaths of two US soldiers and three Afghan children in bomb attacks underscored that peace and security still elude much of the
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GHAZNI, Afghanistan  - Afghan President Hamid  Karzai hit the election trail on Tuesday for the first time  since an assassination attempt last month, telling supporters a  historic vote in four days would be a turning point for the  war-torn nation.
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8 October 2004 -- A rocket attack targeted central Kabul this morning, one day before national voting to choose the first directly elected president in the country&#39;s history, but international media reported that the resulting explosion caused no
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With almost 70 percent of the vote counted in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election, interim President Hamid Karzai appears to be holding on to his solid lead in the race.
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[World News]: Kabul, Oct 23 : Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai was leading opponents by a huge margin after officials finished counting nearly three-fourths of the votes polled in the country&#39;s first presidential elections.
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(SH) - In Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai defeated a raft of candidates to win his historic election. In Iraq, more than 200 political parties have registered for next month&#39;s elections.
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Afghanistan holds a presidential election on Saturday, the first time in its history that Afghans will directly choose a leader. Here is a chronology of the main events in Afghanistan
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GARDEZ, Afghanistan  - Afghan President Hamid  Karzai aborted an election campaign trip to the southeastern  province of Gardez on Thursday after a rocket exploded just  before he was due to land by helicopter.
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In Afghanistan, seven people including two US soldiers died in explosions as early results from historic elections gave President Hamid Karzai a strong lead over his rivals.
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The incumbent Afghan president HamidKarzai has taken lead in the presidential polls as he had secured 77 percent of the votes counted so far, a spokesman of the joint UN-Afghan election commission said Saturday.
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There has been more violence in Afghanistan where one of the country&#39;s vice presidents has narrowly avoided assassination. Attacks are escalating as Afghanistan prepares
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KABUL, Afghanistan  - The Taliban warned Monday of  more deadly attacks in the run-up to Afghanistan's first  presidential election after a car bomb in the heart of the  capital killed at least 12 people and injured dozens more.
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Rockets rained on Afghan cities and military posts and a huge truck bomb was seized as the war-weary nation prepared for Saturday's historic presidential elections under the threat of further militant attacks.
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KABUL -- President Hamid Karzai chose the third anniversary yesterday of the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States to launch his election manifesto and to effectively dismiss a powerful governor, hours after pledging to rein in regional clan leaders.
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Afghanistan's historic presidential  election is now unstoppable, the United States said on Monday,  but other officials warned of more attacks by Taliban  guerrillas and their al Qaeda allies before Saturday's vote.
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KABUL, 23 October 2004 - Hamid Karzai remained on course yesterday to win Afghanistanâs first direct presidential election, but with a quarter of the vote still to be counted, rivals were whittling down his lead to possibly force a run-off.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Interim leader Hamid Karzai took an early lead as vote counting began in Afghanistan's landmark presidential election, after allegations of ballot-box stuffing, voter intimidation and multiple voting forced five days of delay.    The tally was halted Friday so the 1,000 Afghans on the counting staff could have the day off to celebrate the start of Ramadan, the Islamic fasting month...