Challenger to Afghan president emerges from pack
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As Afghanistan&#39;s first-ever democratic presidential election gains steam, incumbent Hamid Karzai&#39;s biggest challenger is emerging from the pack of 17 other candidates.
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The main political rival to Afghanistan&#39;s President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday he was forming a new political party to contest a parliamentary election in April after refusing to take a cabinet post.
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* Hamid Karzai, interim president elected by tribal grand council after ouster of Taliban. Favorite in election, ethnic Pashtun has become international celebrity drumming up billions in aid pledges, but image
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The two main rivals in Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential election threw themselves into campaigning Tuesday, drawing crowds of supporters four days before a vote that
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Afghanistan's presumed president-elect is under pressure to develop a two-party system.
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Sign of retaining Afghan presidency by the incumbent President Hamid Karzai became stronger Thursday as he has secured 59.1 percent of over 53 percent of the total votes counted so far, according to the update figure of Afghan election website.
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Afghanistan's historic election campaign got under way Tuesday, pitting 17 hopefuls against interim leader Hamid Karzai in the race to become the impoverished country's first popularly elected president.
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Hamid Karzai&#39;s inauguration as Afghanistan&#39;s first popularly elected president opens a new chapter in the battle to rescue this impoverished country, which became a haven for international terrorism and now risks turning into a narco-state.
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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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A deputy to Afghanistan&#39;s president, Hamid Karzai, escaped a roadside bombing in northern Afghanistan on Monday, just four days after a rocket was fired at Karzai&#39;s helicopter as he was heading to a campaign event for the Oct. 9 elections.
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History is being made in Afghanistan, as the country takes part in its first-ever presidential election. But while most Afghans are enthusiastic, the candidates challenging interim President Hamid Karzai claim
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26 September 2004 -- Afghan Transitional Administration Chairman Hamid Karzai today made his first election campaign trip outside the capital Kabul since he a rocket attack targeted his helicopter on a similar trip earlier this month.
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WASHINGTON, October 08 (Online): As Afghans prepare for their first presidential elections on October 9, President Hamid Karzai, a Pashtun, is being challenged by over a dozen factional leaders, but most Afghans and international officials expect him to
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai's running mate for Saturday's historic presidential election escaped unhurt Wednesday when a mine exploded under his convoy in the remote northeast of the country. Vice presidential candidate Ahmad Zia Masood, the brother of assassinated resistance hero Ahmad Shah Masood, had gone to Faizabad, the capital of mountainous Badakhshan province, for a campaign rally.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan President Hamid Karzai left for Germany Sunday to receive an award, his office said, just six days before his war-plagued nation will hold its first-ever direct presidential election.    The one-day trip had been previously announced, but the timing couldn't help but raise eyebrows as thousands of Afghan and international workers feverishly struggle to prepare for the Oct...
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HAMID Karzai has emerged as the undisputed winner of Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential elections after his nearest contender conceded defeat.
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Afghan presidential candidate Yunus Qanooni adjusts his glasses during an interview in Kabul on Sunday, Oct.17. 2004. Hamid Karzai&#39;s closest rival in Afghanistan&#39;s landmark election refused to concede defeat