Afghanistan Voters Likely to Back Karzai Amid Terrorist Threats
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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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PESHAWAR, Oct 18: Afghan President Hamid Karzai continued to maintain his lead over his rival candidates in the presidential elections.
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Thousands of kilometers away in Afghanistan itself, security experts, independent analysts and candidates are equally amazed that the polls will go ahead on October 9, in spite of insecurity and few guarantees that the vote will be free and fair.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai is leading his rivals in the country&#39;s first presidential vote after two decades of civil war, drawing support from the southern and eastern border with
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Afghanistan has held its first direct national elections to vote for a new president. Interim President Hamid Karzai is being challenged by 15 other candidates.
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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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Afghans have one day left to make up their minds about who to vote for as their country's first elected president even though threats of violent reprisals by Taliban militants may deter some from casting their ballots.
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With 99 percent of the votes still to be  counted in Afghanistan's presidential election, incumbent Hamid  Karzai has taken a lead many observers expect him to retain  right to the end of a marathon count.
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Afghans turned out to vote in large numbers on Saturday, but Hamid Karzai and his rivals disputed the integrity of the vote.
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Afghanistan's presumed president-elect is under pressure to develop a two-party system.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - 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.    Although no ballots from Saturday's election have been counted yet, the U.S.-backed interim leader is the clear favorite to win...
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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 a  historic vote in four days would be a turning point for the  war-torn nation.
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Voters and analysts fear that ballot-box clash of Karzai and rival candidate from different ethnic group could bring disaster.
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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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With over half the votes counted by  Thursday, Hamid Karzai was on course to win Afghanistan's first  democratic presidential election, the climax of momentous  change brought by the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United  States.
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Afghanistan's presidential election will  be held on time, President Hamid Karzai said on Monday, despite  rival candidates' fears the lack of security was hampering  their campaigns and undermining voting legitimacy.
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Troops of Pakistani para-military force check Afghan refugee voters before they enter in polling station to vote in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election at Jallozai camp near Peshawar, Pakistan on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2004.