Afghan Campaign Picks Up as Karzai Heads to Berlin
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai's deputies campaigned for him Saturday ahead of presidential elections seven days away, while the candidate himself prepared to fly to Germany to collect an international award.
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Campaigning in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election officially began today. Afghan Transitional Administration Chairman Hamid Karzai and his 17 opponents have 30 days to try to win support from more than 10 million registered voters.
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KABUL: Afghanistan presidential election campaign concluded on Wednesday and President Hamid Karzai and his opponent Abdul Rashid Dostam in their public meetings appealed the Afghans to fully participate in the election, as it would be a new turn in the
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GHAZNI, Afghanistan  - Afghan President Hamid  Karzai campaigned on Tuesday for the first time since an  assassination attempt last month, telling cheering supporters  that a historic vote in four days would be a turning point for  the war-torn nation.
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Candidates for president in Afghanistan&#39;s first free elections to be held Oct. 9 officially kicked off their campaigns yesterday.
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German Chancellor SchrÃ¶der will travel to Afghanistan next week despite a rocket attack near the German embassy in Kabul. The attack came a day before the country&#39;s first free presidential elections.
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KABUL, Afghanistan Authorities in Afghanistan are stepping up security measures as Hamid Karzai&#39;s (HAH&#39;-mihd KAHR&#39;-zeyez) presidential inauguration nears.
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KABUL - Interim leader Hamid Karzai holds about 70 per cent of the votes counted so far after Afghanistan&#39;s landmark presidential election.
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THE Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, campaigned outside Kabul yesterday for the first time since surviving an assassination attempt last month, telling cheering supporters that Saturdayâs election would be a turning point for the war-torn nation.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- A convoy carrying the running mate to Afghan President Hamid Karzai came under attack in the northeastern part of the country, just days before landmark elections.
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Ghazni, Afghanistan - A fleet of helicopters escorted by fighter jets flew Afghanistan&#39;s President Hamid Karzai to a rare campaign rally outside Kabul on Tuesday just days ahead of landmark elections.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai campaigned on Tuesday for the first time since an assassination attempt last month, telling cheering supporters a historic vote
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The two main rivals in Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential election threw themselves into campaigning Tuesday, drawing crowds of supporters four days before a vote that
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The official month-long campaign for  Afghanistan's first-ever direct presidential election opened on  Tuesday in what will be a major test of U.S.-led  nation-building efforts since the 2001 ouster of the Taliban.
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Seeking to inject last-minute excitement into a lackluster campaign, a leading Afghan presidential candidate said Monday he is trying to team up with other contenders to topple heavily favored interim President Hamid Karzai.
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Interim leader Hamid Karzai is certain to win Afghanistan&#39;s landmark presidential election, his campaign spokesman said Tuesday, after early returns gave him a commanding advantage.
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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.