Karzai Set to Be Afghan President in Ring of Steel
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A ring of steel was placed around the  Afghan capital on Tuesday as Hamid Karzai prepared to be sworn  in as the country's first popularly elected President at a  ceremony attended by two of the figures most responsible for  easing him into power.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai is in Islamabad for a meeting with his Pakistani counterpart, Pervez Musharraf. Each leader will offer his own agenda for the future of Afghan-Pakistan relations.
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Hamid Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistan's first democratically elected president, promising to restore security to the war-shattered country exactly three years after the fall of the Taliban.
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Afghan and international forces laid a security ring around Kabul on Monday in preparation for the inauguration of Hamid Karzai as Afghanistan&#39;s first popularly elected
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KABUL  - Afghan President Hamid Karzai swore in a new cabinet which sidelines powerful warlords and brings in reformers to battle drugs and rebuild the shattered country.
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His election to a five-year presidential term all but official, Afghan leader Hamid Karzai was already under pressure Wednesday to put the squeeze on the country&#39;s powerful warlords and tackle a narcotics industry threatening to overwhelm one
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai Thursday evening announced the much-awaited new cabinet line-up, replacing some of the influential warlords in the interim government with new faces.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Hamid Karzai's inauguration as Afghanistan'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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Interim leader Hamid Karzai is certain to win Afghanistan's landmark presidential election, his campaign spokesman said Tuesday, after early returns gave him a commanding advantage.
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KABUL : President Hamid Karzai, the incumbent poised to become Afghanistan&#39;s first popularly-elected leader, said he expects the official announcement of October 9 polls on Sunday.
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Hamid Karzai will be sworn in as his country's first elected president Tuesday, facing a huge amount of more work to rebuild a land still traumatized by more than a quarter century of war.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai is leading his rivals in the country&#39;s first presidential vote after two decades of civil war, drawing support from the southern and eastern border with
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President Hamid Karzai moved Saturday to replace a powerful governor and militia leader who has long defied his authority and held virtually autonomous sway over one of the country&#39;s wealthiest regions.
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For a man whose election victory in  October was never in doubt, Afghanistan's President Hamid  Karzai is taking his time picking a cabinet from a lineup of  military strongmen and civilians returning from the West.
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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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Tight security has been imposed on the Afghan capital Kabul for the inauguration of Hamid Karzai as the country&#39;s first elected president.
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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