Karzai aborts trip to Afghan city after rocket hits near landing ...
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A rocket slammed into the ground near where Afghan President Hamid Karzai&#39;s helicopter was approaching to land in an eastern city Thursday, forcing him to return to Kabul, officials said.
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rocket exploded near a helicopter carrying President Hamid Karzai yesterday, forcing him to abandon his trip and raising questions about how difficult it will be for him
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President Hamid Karzai on Thursday condemned the use of gunfire by U.S. troops to suppress Afghans angered by a traffic accident involving a military truck that sparked the worst riots in the capital since the fall of the Taliban.
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to the southeast province of Gardez after a rocket exploded just before he was due to land by helicopter. was travelling was preparing to touch down.
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Rockets rained on Afghan cities and military posts and a huge truck bomb was seized as the war-weary nation prepared for Saturday's historic presidential elections under the threat of further militant attacks.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai&#39;s running mate for a historic presidential election narrowly escaped a bomb set off by Taliban guerrillas as the campaign closed on Wednesday.
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KABUL - Three suspected Taliban members have been arrested for allegedly trying to kill Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai Thursday by shooting down his helicopter with a rocket.
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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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Afghan President Hamid Karzai dodged death three weeks ago when Taliban fighters fired a rocket at him in Gardez. Yesterday, his running mate in Saturday&#39;s national election, Ahmad Zia Masood, barely survived a Taliban bomb in Faizabad.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai made his first venture outside Kabul to campaign Tuesday, four days before the country&#39;s national election, the BBC reported.
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Islamabad, Aug 24 (DPA) Afghan President Hamid Karzai cancelled a speech today due to a security threat during his two-day visit to Pakistan, according to Pakistani officials.
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KABUL - Afghan President Hamid Karzai escaped an assassination bid on Thursday when a rocket was fired at his US military helicopter as it was landing in the southeastern town of Gardez, Reuters news service reported.
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THE Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, campaigned outside Kabul yesterday for the first time since surviving an assassination attempt last month, telling cheering supporters that Saturdayâs election would be a turning point for the war-torn nation.
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Assailants fired a rocket at an American helicopter taking President Hamid Karzai on a rare foray into Afghanistan&#39;s troubled provinces Thursday, but it missed and he escaped injury.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai made only his second successful campaign stop outside the safety of the capital on Tuesday, telling a crowd of 10,000 people that historic elections this weekend will deliver them from a quarter-century of war.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai Sunday made his first domestic trip outside the capital, Kabul, since a trip cut short by a rocket attack 10 days ago.
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THE Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, escaped an assassination attempt yesterday when a rocket was fired at his helicopter as it was landing in the south-eastern town of Gardez.