Attempt on Afghan President's Life Fails
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President Hamid Karzai escaped a rocket attack on the U.S. helicopter carrying him to a provincial capital in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, officials said, in the second apparent attempt to assassinate the U.S.-backed interim leader since he took office in 2001.
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Afghan presidential candidate Yunus Qanooni adjusts his glasses during an interview in Kabul on Sunday, Oct.17. 2004. Hamid Karzai&#39;s closest rival in Afghanistan&#39;s landmark election refused to concede defeat
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An Afghan vice-president survived an  assassination attempt Monday in the north and two soldiers from  U.S.-led forces were killed in a gunbattle in the southeast, as  violence escalated ahead of an Oct. 9 election.
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KABUL : Afghanistan&#39;s presidential vote count passed the 80 percent mark with Hamid Karzai holding on to his clear majority, but any potential celebrations were cut short by a Taliban suicide bomb in Kabul.
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KABUL, 26 October 2004 - Hamid Karzai was set yesterday to become Afghanistanâs first elected president after winning historic Oct. 9 polls by a landslide, but a fraud inquiry and a slow final count delayed a formal announcement.
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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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Japan's prime minister failed on Tuesday to win the main opposition leader's agreement to extend a naval mission backing U.S.-led Afghan operations, activities Washington says are vital to the fight against terrorism.
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President Karzai cuts short a trip to south-eastern Afghanistan as a rocket strikes as he comes into land.
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GARDEZ, Afghanistan  - Afghan President Hamid  Karzai aborted an election campaign trip to the southeastern  province of Gardez on Thursday after a rocket exploded just  before he was due to land by helicopter.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Campaigning for Afghanistan's first direct presidential election ended with a burst of violence Wednesday as attackers set off a bomb in a failed effort to kill interim Afghan leader Hamid Karzai's vice presidential running-mate.    Despite persistent violence, the United Nations declared this hard-luck nation ready for Saturday's vote, a historic experiment with democracy after more than two decades of unrelenting ruin, from Soviet occupation to civil war to the repressive Taliban and the thunderous U.S...
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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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A failed rocket attack on a U.S. helicopter carrying President Hamid Karzai was carried out by a self-confessed Taliban commando, Afghanistan's top law-enforcer said Saturday.
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Taliban guerrillas made a failed attempt to kill Afghan President Hamid Karzai with a rocket attack on Sunday, narrowly missing a building where he was giving a speech, Taliban and government spokesmen said.
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GARDEZ, Afghanistan  - Afghan President Hamid  Karzai aborted an election campaign trip to the southeast  province of Gardez on Thursday after a rocket exploded just  before he was due to land by helicopter.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai aborted an election campaign trip to the southeast province of Gardez on Thursday after a rocket exploded just before he was due to land by helicopter.
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An African Union mission to resolve a political crisis in Kenya that has killed 500 people ended in failure on Thursday as the president and opposition leader accused each other of wrecking talks.
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Afghan warlord General Dostum escapes an apparent assassination attempt, says report.