Afghan capital steps up security for Karzai inauguration
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KABUL - NATO peacekeepers and Afghan police will draw a tight security blanket over the Afghan capital in coming days as up to 50 foreign dignitaries descend on Kabul for President Hamid Karzaiâs inauguration on Tuesday, officials said.
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US troops here spent time with two high-level US officials who were in the country today to attend the inauguration of Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
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President Hamid Karzai took the helm yesterday of a country whose revival is threatened by a growing opium trade and a persistent Taliban insurgency, pledging to bring stability and prosperity to Afghanistan even as rebels made attacks near the Pakistani
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Security was tightened across Kabul on Monday in the wake of a vehicle bomb on Sunday that killed three Americans working for an American contractor and at least four other people.
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takes an oath together with Vice President Ahmad Zia Masoud (L) and Vice President Abdul Karim Khalili during the inauguration in Kabul&#39;s Presidential Palace, Afghanistan, Dec. 7, 2004.
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BERLIN, Oct 3  - Afghan President Hamid Karzai expressed confidence Sunday that his administration would emerge from a historic presidential election next weekend with increased legitimacy.
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Security was stepped up across the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday ahead of a major peace meeting seen as the interim government's best hope of strengthening its legitimacy in the Horn of Africa nation.
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Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai promised Afghans greater security when they go to vote in the country's first ever democratic election during an independence day speech on Wednesday.
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American officials warned US citizens Monday to avoid high-profile locations and government facilities in the Afghan capital after Sunday&#39;s car bombing outside
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Canadian soldiers are among those helping form a cordon around Kabul in advance of Tuesday&#39;s inauguration of President-elect Hamid Karzai.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai expressed confidence that his administration would emerge from a historic presidential election next weekend with increased legitimacy.
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NATO peacekeepers and Afghan police are preparing tight security over the Afghan capital as foreign dignitaries descend on Kabul for President Hamid Karzai&#39;s inauguration on Tuesday.
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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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Hamid Karzai was due to be sworn in as  Afghanistan's first popularly elected President on Tuesday at a  ceremony attended by two of the figures most responsible for  easing him into power.
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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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GHAZNI, Afghanistan, 6 October 2004 - Wartime security was rolled out for Afghanistanâs interim President Hamid Karzai as he addressed his first election campaign rally outside the capital yesterday amid spiraling violence.
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Hamid Karzai was set to be sworn in on  Tuesday as the country's first popularly elected president at a  ceremony attended by two of the figures most responsible for  easing him into power.