(Corrects dateline to Aug 24 from Aug 25)

KABUL, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai won last week's presidential election in a single round with about 68 percent of the vote, Finance Minister Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal said on Monday.

Speaking to reporters over dinner in Kabul, Zakhilwal said the president's vote included support across the country, including in the north, making the result impervious to a challenge of fraud in unstable areas in the south.

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