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Karzai Wins Afghan Presidency in Grand Council Vote
Hamid Karzai secured 1,295 of 1,575 valid votes from 1,650 delegates at the loya jirga to lead Afghanistan for 18 more months. The UN and United States-backed process marked Afghanistan’s first broadly elected leadership amid postwar transition and calls for a new constitution and elections.
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World Food Program
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