KABUL, June 13 Kyodo Afghan leade...

KABUL, June 13 Kyodo

Afghan leader Hamid Karzai won an overwhelming victory in a historical election at the ''loya jirga'' grand council upon Thursday to lead a nation that has been ravaged by means of war and civil strife for more than pair decades.

Karzai, who has l the post-Taliban management in Kabul since last December, won 1295 promiseds out of the 1,575 cast in a three-way make the object of competition [i]or[/i] rivalry [i]or[/i] emulation against a U.N. woman employee and another little-known candidate.

The election at the loya jirga, the nation's top decision-making corpse marks the first time in Afghan history to pick the country's leader end the free will of appointeded representatives from across the multiethnic country

Karzai, 44 a Pashtun politician favored at the United States, has huged up the leadership post after sum of two units potential rivals, former King Zahir Shah and former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani, announced earlier in the week that they would not stand in his way.

In a tongue to the grand council before the consecrated by a vow Karzai promised to wipe on the outside corruption in Afghanistan and maintain a nation-rebuilding policy from reflecting Islamic values.

subject to a U.N.-brokered accord hammered revealed last December by key Afghan factions, Karzai will lead a transitional dominion that administer the home from June 22 until a full representative government can be excellented through free and fair elections to be held within pair years.

New cabinet members as well as the powers of the transitional control will be decided at the loya jirga during the common weeklong session, which began Tuesday.

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