Karzai Win Assured as Afghan Poll Count Winds Up
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai is sure of victory in his country&#39;s historic presidential poll, but the result will not be announced for a day or so until the last few hundred
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai vowed on Thursday that a historic presidential election would go ahead in two days' time and reflect the people's wishes despite inevitable attempts by Taliban fighters to derail the vote.
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Supporters of Afghan President Hamid Karzai say he is on course to win the presidential elections, with about one-quarter of the votes counted.
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Official figures show that Hamid Karzai is on the way to winning Afghanistan's first presidential elections.
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The interim Afghan President Hamid Karzai is moving closer to final victory as he has captured 54.3 percent of over 7 million votes counted till Sunday noon, said Afghan election commission website.
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KABUL : With more than half the ballots in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election counted and outright victory virtually assured for incumbent Hamid Karzai, attention has turned to when the winner can be declared and how opposition candidates will react.
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KABUL : President Hamid Karzai maintained his early lead in Afghanistan&#39;s election after nearly five percent of the ballots had been counted, the election commission said.
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President Hamid Karzai clinched victory in Afghanistan&#39;s historic presidential poll as his main rival conceded defeat even before election workers began counting the final votes on Monday.
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With more than half the ballots in Afghanistan's presidential election counted and outright triumph virtually assured for incumbent Hamid Karzai, attention turned to when the winner can be declared and how the losers will react.
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More than two weeks after Afghanistan's first presidential election, vote counting wrapped up Tuesday and interim leader Hamid Karzai emerged with a resounding victory.
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KABUL, 23 October 2004 - Hamid Karzai remained on course yesterday to win Afghanistanâs first direct presidential election, but with a quarter of the vote still to be counted, rivals were whittling down his lead to possibly force a run-off.
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Counting in Afghanistanâs presidential election concluded today, with US-backed interim leader Hamid Karzai the clear winner even though some ballot boxes were &quot;obviously stuffed,&quot; election officials said.
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KABUL - Interim leader Hamid Karzai holds about 70 per cent of the votes counted so far after Afghanistan&#39;s landmark presidential election.
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The interim leader Hamid Karzai coasted towards victory in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election yesterday when his share of the vote passed the 50% mark.
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[World News]: Kabul, Oct 18 : Incumbent Afghan President Hamid Karzai is maintaining his edge over rivals, having secured 62 percent of the votes counted so far, reports Xinhua.
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US-backed interim leader Hamid Karzai was nearing victory in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential vote, election officials said, as the number of ballots counted passed the half way mark.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai has won more than half of the vote and is likely to be officially declared the winner of Afghanistan&#39;s election this week.