Afghan Vice Presidential Candidate Survives a Bomb Blast
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai&#39;s running mate in Saturday&#39;s presidential election escaped unhurt when a bomb exploded near his convoy in the northern city of Faizabad.
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An Afghan vice-president survived an assassination attempt on Monday when a remotely controlled device was detonated near his convoy, while two soldiers from the US-led coalition were killed in a separate gun battle.
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Vice President Cheney was shuttled into a bomb shelter at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan this morning after a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the main gate in an attack Taliban officials say was aimed at the vice president.
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BAGRAM AIRBASE, Afghanistan  - A suicide bomber killed at least 10 people in an attack on Tuesday on the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan where Vice President Dick Cheney had spent the night after an unannounced visit.
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Attackers bombed a convoy carrying Afghan President Hamid Karzai's running mate in northeastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing one person and wounding five on the last day of campaigning before this weekend's landmark election.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai's running  mate for Saturday's historic presidential election escaped  unhurt Wednesday when a mine exploded under his convoy in the  remote northeast of the country.  Vice presidential candidate Ahmad Zia Masood, the brother of  assassinated resistance hero Ahmad Shah Masood, had gone to  Faizabad, the capital of mountainous Badakhshan province, for a  campaign rally.
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An Afghan vice president survived an  assassination attempt Monday when a remotely controlled device  was detonated near his convoy, while two soldiers from the  U.S.-led coalition were killed in a separate gunbattle.
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KABUL : Two people were killed in a bomb blast at a rally for Afghan President Hamid Karzai&#39;s running mate, the final day of campaigning for landmark elections.
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At least one man was killed and four wounded Friday when a bomb exploded in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, in the latest attack by Taliban fighters intent on derailing a landmark election next month.
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KABUL, Afghanistan An international peacekeeper in Afghanistan&#39;s capital says a loud explosion has shaken Kabul early Friday -- the day before historic elections.
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Two men were killed when a bomb exploded as they were planting it outside a regional electoral campaign office of Afghanistan's US-backed President Hamid Karzai, an official said.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Intelligence reports indicated that the Taliban had the ability to carry out suicide attacks near the main US base in Afghanistan even before a bloody bombing during a visit by Vice President Dick Cheney, NATO said yesterday.
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A convoy carrying Vice President Nematullah Shahrani was attacked by remote-control explosives Monday in northern Afghanistan, just four days after an assassination attempt on President Hamid Karzai.
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BAGRAM, Afghanistan -- An explosion outside the main US military base in Afghanistan killed 19 people and wounded 11 early today during a visit by Vice President Dick Cheney, though the vice president was apparently not in danger, US and Afghan officials said.
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SRINAGAR: The head of held Kashmir&#39;s main opposition party, Omar Abdullah, survived an assassination bid Sunday for the second time in a month when rebels exploded a bomb a few steps away from him, police said.
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Israr Shah lost both legs in a bomb attack on Pakistan's leading opposition party that killed 20 people last year. But that did not stop him from contesting a seat in Monday's parliamentary election.
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Iraq's Shiite vice president narrowly escaped assassination Monday as a blast ripped through a government meeting hall just hours after it was searched by U.S. teams with bomb-sniffing dogs. At least 10 people were killed.