Afghan vote boycott 'collapsing'
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Several candidates in Afghanistan's  presidential election appear set to drop calls for a boycott of the result.
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Afghanistan's historic presidential elections on Saturday will fall far short of internationally-accepted standards, analysts say.
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Afghanistan could degenerate into a "failed state" if NATO were to pull out troops and abandon efforts to stabilize the country, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Monday.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- President Hamid Karzai's main challenger yesterday backed off a boycott of Afghanistan's landmark election over allegations of fraud, saying he would accept the formation of an independent commission to look into any irregularities in the vote.
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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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Election officials in Afghanistan  collected ballots Sunday from a historic presidential vote in  which millions took part with great enthusiasm but which ended  in turmoil after most of the candidates announced a boycott.
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The chief rival to Afghan President Hamid  Karzai in last week's historic presidential election said on  Monday he and several other candidates had dropped a plan to  boycott the election process.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghanistan's historic presidential election turned sour Saturday when all 15 candidates opposing U.S.-backed interim President Hamid Karzai withdrew in the middle of voting, charging the government and the United Nations with fraud and incompetence.    In the end, faulty ink - not Taliban bombs and bullets - threatened three years of painstaking progress toward democracy...
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Afghan officials delayed counting ballots  on Monday after the historic presidential election to deal with  complaints of fraud, but several candidates appeared to be  pulling back from an initial decision to reject the vote.
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Hamid Karzai's main rival for the Afghan  presidency conceded defeat Sunday with less than six percent of  the vote count remaining.
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Afghanistan could degenerate into a  "failed state" if NATO were to pull out troops and abandon  efforts to stabilize the country, British Foreign Secretary  David Miliband said on Monday.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan election officials agreed Sunday to create an independent commission to probe opposition charges of fraud in this nation's first-ever presidential poll, while ballot-boxes stuffed with the aspirations of the people of this war-ravaged land started to stack up in counting centers.    International officials met privately in an effort to end a boycott of the ballot by opponents of U.S.-backed interim President Hamid Karzai, a heavy favorite to win...
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar has fallen out with some of his lieutenants, who blame him for the rebels' failure to disrupt the landmark Afghan presidential election, the US military said yesterday.
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Afghanistan&#39;s historic presidential election turned sour Saturday when all 15 candidates opposing US-backed interim President Hamid Karzai withdrew in the middle of voting
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghanistan's first direct presidential election was thrust into turmoil hours after it started Saturday when all 15 candidates challenging interim leader Hamid Karzai alleged fraud over the ink meant to ensure people voted only once and vowed to boycott the results.    But electoral officials rejected their demand that the vote be called off, saying an apparent mix-up with ink used to mark voters' thumbs was not severe enough to halt the historic vote...
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GARDEZ, Afghanistan  - Afghan President Hamid  Karzai aborted an election campaign trip to the southeastern  province of Gardez on Thursday after a rocket exploded just  before he was due to land by helicopter.
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The main rival of President Hamid Karzai has conceded defeat in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election with less than six per cent of the vote left to be counted.