Updated: November 4, 2004

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State Department Congratulates Karzai on Election Victory

Spokesman says U.S. will continue to support Afghanistan

State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher offered congratulations to Afghan President Hamid Karzai for his victory in Afghanistan's October 9 presidential election.  

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United Nations Congratulates Afghans on "Impressive" Election

Election "augers well" for vigorous democracy, U.N. official reports

United Nations -- The Security Council and Secretary-General Kofi Annan October 12 congratulated the Afghan people on the conduct of their first presidential election.

In a presidential statement read during a public meeting, the Security Council stressed the election's "historic importance as a milestone in the political process" and congratulated the millions of Afghan voters, many of them women and refugees, "who showed their commitment to democracy by participating in the first popular election of their head of state."

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