Afghan Presidential Candidates Begin 30-Day Election Campaign
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Candidates in Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential election began 30 days of campaigning for the Oct. 9 poll, the United Nations said.
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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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The Afghan presidential campaign officially opened yesterday with the country&#39;s first female candidate holding a women&#39;s rally in the capital promising to end poverty, bring peace
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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.    The tallying began in many of the eight counting centers across the country, but was delayed in the capital, said Farooq Wardak, a senior election official...
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Vote counting started yesterday in Afghanistan&#39;s landmark election, widely expected to install Hamid Karzai, the US-backed interim leader, as the country&#39;s first popularly chosen president.
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The two main rivals in Afghanistan's  first presidential election threw themselves into campaigning  Tuesday, drawing crowds of supporters four days before a vote  that many hope could be a turning point for the war-torn  nation.
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Campaigning is under  way for Afghanistan's presidential poll, amid warnings of insecurity and intimidation.
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President Hamid Karzai is among four candidates who submitted complaints about Afghanistan's disputed elections ahead of the start of counting, now expected on Thursday, officials said.
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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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KABUL : Counting of votes in Afghanistan&#39;s disputed presidential election could begin as soon as Wednesday, the UN-Afghan electoral commission said.
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Afghanistan&#39;s historic election campaign got underway yesterday, pitting 17 hopefuls against interim leader Hamid Karzai in the
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai&#39;s main opponent in a landmark election took center stage on Saturday, while the incumbent, almost invisible during the campaign amid security
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Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) leader Mahmoud Abbas yesterday began his official election campaign for the presidential elections to be held on January 9th, 2005.
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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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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 -- Vote counting started yesterday in Afghanistan's landmark election, widely expected to install US-backed interim leader Hamid Karzai as the war-ravaged country's first popularly chosen president.
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Candidates vying to succeed Yasser Arafat as president of the Palestinian Authority kicked off a two-week election campaign Saturday with rallies and speeches that largely