Inside Karzai's Campaign
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To become Afghanistan's first elected President, he has to placate warlords, pacify the Taliban -- and survive
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His fluency in several Afghan languages, his first-name friendships with world leaders and his familiarity to voters across the country should guarantee success for Afghan President Hamid Karzai in October elections.
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Afghanistan&#39;s President Hamid Karzai is leading in the country&#39;s first direct presidential election with 56 percent of the vote, according to the election Web site.
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Afghanistan&#39;s interim leader Hamid Karzai is certain to win the country&#39;s landmark presidential election, his campaign spokesman said after early returns gave Karzai a commanding advantage.
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SHIBERGHAN, Afghanistan  - Afghanistan's election  bandwagon creaked into motion on Tuesday with a leading  candidate drawing the biggest crowd of the campaign so far.
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Afghanistan&#39;s interim President Hamid Karzai has left his heavily fortified compound in Kabul for his first election rally, in the last week of campaigning, for this Saturday&#39;s first ever direct elections.
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Afghanistan&#39;s first directly-elected president, Hamid Karzai, has identified two issues - warlordism and Afghanistan&#39;s booming drugs trade - as targets for change.
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On Monday Afghan President Hamid Karzai visited Pakistan to discuss cooperation in the battle against al Qaeda before his October re-election bid.
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The worst-kept secret in the village of Dehnow is that everyone is voting for Hamid Karzai. Of course, when asked who they want to win yesterday&#39;s elections for the president of Afghanistan
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GHAZNI, Afghanistan, 6 October 2004 - Wartime security was rolled out for Afghanistanâs interim President Hamid Karzai as he addressed his first election campaign rally outside the capital yesterday amid spiraling violence.
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Following are brief profiles of the leading candidates in Afghanistan&#39;s first direct presidential election to be held on Saturday.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Hamid Karzai's rivals said Sunday it was too early to call Afghanistan's inaugural presidential election, despite the interim leader's dominant showing after three days of vote-counting.    The U.S.-backed incumbent's main challenger, Yunus Qanooni, insisted that a full count and a proper investigation by a panel of foreign experts on fraud allegations could yet put him in the running...
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Interim leader Hamid Karzai is certain to win Afghanistan's landmark presidential election, his campaign spokesman said Tuesday, after early returns gave him a commanding advantage.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- More than half the votes have been counted in Afghanistan&#39;s landmark election, and President Hamid Karzai is said to be running well ahead of his rivals.
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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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Afghan President Hamid Karzai&#39;s running mate escaped an assassination attempt Wednesday while campaigning in northern Afghanistan.
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HERAT, Afghanistan  - Afghanistan's first  presidential election is just over a week away, but campaigning  and enthusiasm have been muted for an event described by  President Bush as one of his major achievements.