Afghan Polls Fair Despite Ink Fiasco -Monitors
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Independent observers described Afghanistan&#39;s historic presidential election as mostly fair on Sunday despite turmoil over possible multiple voting that led most of the candidates to call for a general boycott.
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KABUL : Observers gave their approval to Afghanistan&#39;s first-ever presidential election, deeming it &quot;fairly democratic&quot; and rejecting opposition calls for a re-poll on the grounds of fraud.
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Afghanistan was set to start counting votes on Wednesday from a historic presidential election after several candidates backed off from declaring the poll illegal.
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Interim leader Hamid Karzai (HAH&#39;-mihd KAHR&#39;-zeye) has a majority of estimated votes cast in Afghanistan&#39;s landmark presidential elections, but he&#39;s not the winner yet.
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Ballot boxes poured into vote counting centers across Afghanistan on Monday, while an independent panel will probe allegations the landmark election was marred by fraud.
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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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Afghan President Hamid Karzai is sure of  victory in his country's historic presidential poll, but the  result will not be announced for a day or so until the last few  ballot boxes are counted, an official said Monday.
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The campaign for Afghanistan's first  direct presidential election opened to little fanfare on  Tuesday, but the Taliban -- ousted in 2001 in a U.S.-led  invasion -- vowed again to disrupt the Oct. 9 poll.
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A panel was investigating complaints of Afghan election irregularities on Thursday, further delaying the start of counting in a historic poll overshadowed by concerns over multiple voting.
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After more than two decades of war, Afghanistan votes today in its first Presidential elections. And with the Taliban threatening to disrupt the polls, security is very tight across the country.
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Chances for a conclusive result to Afghanistan's landmark election were on firmer ground Tuesday after President Hamid Karzai's main challenger backed away from a boycott, indicating he'd accept an independent commission to probe vote-fraud charges.
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The likely runner-up in Afghanistan's  historic presidential election alleged on Monday that the vote  was marred by cheating, as President Hamid Karzai appeared on  course to win without needing a second round runoff.
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With almost half the votes counted in Afghanistan&#39;s election Wednesday, Karzai looked set to win a clear victory with 61.4 percent of the votes already under his belt.
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The mere fact of tomorrow&#39;s presidential elections in Afghanistan is cause for (subdued) celebration. Afghans are headed to the polls in the country&#39;s first-ever &quot;democratic&quot; election, and early indications
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Investigators have clear evidence of ballot box stuffing in Afghanistan's landmark presidential election but not on a scale that would overturn interim leader Hamid Karzai's victory, a senior official said Tuesday.
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MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan  - 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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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.