Afghan elections - hoping for the best
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On the verge of historic presidential elections in Afghanistan, everybody is braced for the worst. Yet, on the last day of campaigning Wednesday, the threats from the Taliban
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Afghanistan's presumed president-elect is under pressure to develop a two-party system.
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Afghanistan&#39;s election had problems ranging from delible ink to untrained poll workers, but those flaws did not tarnish the remarkable accomplishment of a nation, which only three years ago was under control of the oppressive Taliban, holding its first
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Afghans have braved threats of Taliban attacks to begin voting in a historic presidential election that they hope will mark the beginning of the end to a quarter century of conflict.
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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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For the first time since independence in 1919, voters in Afghanistan will go to the polls on Saturday to elect a new president. Enthusiasm is high: more than 11 million registered
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Indications show that Afghanistan&#39;s Interim President Hamid Karzai has won the first presidential elections in the country&#39;s history.
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Afghans are voting in a historic poll that aimed to give the mountainous and impoverished Islamic nation its first elected president and perhaps end over a quarter-century of war.
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If only the United States would show as much faith in Afghanistan as the people who voted in that country&#39;s first presidential election.
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The campaign for Afghanistan's landmark  presidential election has been marred by intimidation and  official partiality, the United Nations said on Sunday, but it  expects this week's vote to be relatively free and fair.
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Afghanistan&#39;s first-ever presidential election, held last Saturday, should have been a success story for Washington, demonstrating that democracy had taken root in the former Taliban stronghold.
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Voting has begun in Afghanistan for the first direct presidential election in the country's history.
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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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Afghanistan&#39;s political parties are discussing general elections scheduled for April with the United Nations, as Hamid Karzai prepares to be inaugurated as president tomorrow after his victory in October&#39;s presidential poll.
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Afghanistan holds a presidential election on Saturday, the first time in its history that Afghans will directly choose a leader. Here is a chronology of the main events in Afghanistan
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Afghanistan will hold its first presidential election in decades on October 9th. Among the 18 candidates vying for office is incumbent President Hamid Karzai, a respected but sometimes controversial figure
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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.