Afghan Security on Alert Ahead of Election
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KABUL, Afghanistan Oct. 8, 2004 - In advance of Afghanistan&#39;s first-ever direct presidential election, Muslim clerics urged Friday worshippers to embrace democracy, election workers scurried to ready voting
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The US is to send up to 1,100 extra troops to Afghanistan to provide security for next month's elections.
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Amid fears of a possible terrorist attack, US authorities are tightening security for Tuesday's presidential election while taking pains not to discourage voters from turning out at the polls.
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Election officials fanned out across Afghanistan to inspect several dozen suspicious ballot boxes that are delaying the end of the presidential vote count and the declaration of Hamid Karzai as the violence-weary nation's first popularly chosen leader.
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The United States has warned its citizens in the Nordic and Baltic states to be extra vigilant after receiving &quot;threat information&quot; on the eve of the US presidential election.
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Tight security is in place in the Afghan capital Kabul as Hamid Karzai prepares to be sworn in as president.
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An election worker sorts out a ballot at the vote counting center in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2004. Afghanistan was expected to start counting votes on Wednesday.
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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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U.S. forces in Afghanistan vowed on Wednesday to bolster security in the volatile south and southeast ahead of a landmark election, as Taliban guerrillas bent on disrupting the poll launched a fresh wave of attacks.
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KABUL, 10/09 - Afghanistan`s first direct presidential election began at 7 aM (local time) Saturday amid tight security. More than 10.
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The ethnic divisions evident in the presidential vote raise a warning sign for parliamentary elections scheduled for next spring. Hamid Karzaiâs inauguration as Afghanistanâs first democratically elected president seems a foregone conclusion.
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Afghan forces backed by 9,000 NATO troops are poised to provide security as national elections approach, but a spectacular offensive by anti-government rebels cannot be ruled out, the top U.S. diplomat in Afghanistan said Friday.
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KABUL - NATO-led peacekeepers and US-led forces in Afghanistan are stepping up security for Tuesday&#39;s swearing in ceremony for President Hamid Karzai in Kabul.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghanistan&#39;s capital is under tight security for the inauguration of Hamid Karzai as the country&#39;s first popularly elected president.
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A sampling of Election Day security measures being taken by state and local officials around the country amid threat of a possible terrorist attack.
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After more than two decades of war, Afghanistan votes today in its first Presidential elections. And with the Taliban threatening to disrupt the polls, security is very tight across the country.
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Afghanistan was preparing on Tuesday to  count votes after rivals of President Hamid Karzai said they  had withdrawn their rejection of the weekend presidential poll.