Karzai&#39;s Running Mate Survives Attack
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KABUL, Afghanistan Oct. 6, 2004 - Campaigning for Afghanistan&#39;s first direct presidential election ended with a burst of violence Wednesday as attackers set off a bomb in a failed effort to kill interim
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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.
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KABUL, Oct 23  - Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election count passed the 80 percent mark with Hamid Karzai holding on to his clear majority on Saturday, but any potential celebrations were cut short by a suicide bomb blast in Kabul.
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The likely runner-up in Afghanistan's  historic presidential election alleged on Monday that the vote  was marred by cheating, as President Hamid Karzai appeared on  course to win without needing a second round runoff.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- With the counting effectively &quot;over and done,&quot; incumbent Hamid Karzai is the clear winner in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election, a senior official has said.
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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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20 September 2004 -- Afghan Transitional Administration Deputy Chairman Ne&#39;matullah Shahrani survived a roadside bomb attack in the north today and two US soldiers were killed in a gun battle in the southeast.
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KABUL, Oct 19  - Interim leader Hamid Karzai stayed far ahead Tuesday with almost a third of the votes counted from Afghanistan&#39;s historic presidential election but Taliban-led guerrillas mounted more attacks in the south.
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KABUL - Afghan President Hamid Karzai escaped an assassination bid on Thursday when a rocket was fired at his US military helicopter as it was landing in the southeastern town of Gardez, Reuters news service reported.
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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 -- A roadside bomb exploded yesterday afternoon under a convoy carrying one of President Hamid Karzai's two running mates in the upcoming presidential election. The attack, in remote Badakshan Province, killed one man and injured five others, including a former Badakshan governor.
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Few people would envy Hamid Karzai. The Afghan president finds himself grappling with maintaining stability in the capital while fighting grows ever bloodier in the south. He must also satisfy the conflicting demands of his countrymen and his foreign allies.
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Yunis Qanooni is running against Karzai, who escaped assassination Thursday.
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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
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KABUL : Two people were killed in a bomb blast at a rally for Afghan President Hamid Karzai&#39;s running mate, the final day of campaigning for landmark elections.
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Hamid Karzaiâs rivals say itâs still too early to concede Afghanistanâs inaugural presidential election, despite the interim leaderâs dominant showing after three days of vote-counting.
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KABUL : Afghanistan&#39;s presidential vote count neared its end with Hamid Karzai edging closer to victory, but a weekend suicide blast in Kabul offered a deadly reminder of the dangers facing the war-weary nation.