Afghan President, Rival Campaign Despite Threats
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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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KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 6 -- Pakistan's president Wednesday strongly defended his day-old peace pact with Taliban militants and, standing next to Afghan President Hamid Karzai here, made an impassioned plea to repair their stormy relations and combat the "common enemy" of terrorism and Taliban...
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A convoy carrying Afghan President Hamid Karzai's vice presidential running-mate came under attack Wednesday in northeastern Afghanistan, the presidential palace and other officials said, the third attack on Karzai's supporters ahead of landmark weekend elections.
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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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Despite threats from the Taliban to disrupt the upcoming elections in Afghanistan, campaigns for the first post-Taliban elections began today.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai's 17 rivals in the presidential race threatened to boycott landmark October 9 elections unless he stepped down before the vote.
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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 President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, has maintained his early lead in the country&#39;s elections with almost 5% of the votes counted.
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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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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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Afghan President Hamid Karzai on   Tuesday shrugged off complaints from Pakistani President Pervez   Musharraf about his handling of a resurgent Taliban a day ahead   of joint talks with Musharraf and President George W. Bush.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai&#39;s deputies campaigned for him on Saturday ahead of presidential elections seven days later, while the candidate himself prepared to fly to Germany to collect an international award.
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Afghanistan&#39;s election tomorrow, after 22 years of war, is likely to return Interim President Hamid Karzai as leader amid threats of violence and questions about the legitimacy of the process.
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KABUL, Afghanistan Sept. 7, 2004 - Afghanistan&#39;s historic election campaign got under way Tuesday, pitting 17 hopefuls against interim leader Hamid Karzai in the race to become the impoverished country&#39;s first popularly elected president.
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KABUL: Frustrated by his dealings with regional rivals, Afghan President Hamid Karzai reiterated on Saturday that he would not form a coalition government if he won the countryâs first direct presidential election on Oct 9.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - The chief rival of interim President Hamid Karzai said he has evidence of organized fraud in Afghanistan's election and accused the U.N.-Afghan electoral commission on Monday of ignoring his complaints.    Karzai, Afghanistan's stopgap president since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, had captured 62.6 percent of the 1.04 million ballots counted by Monday - about 13 percent of the vote...
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai campaigned on Tuesday for the first time since an assassination attempt last month, telling thousands of supporters that a historic vote in four days would be a turning point for the war-torn nation.