Taliban Threaten to Attack Karzai Inauguration
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The Taliban threatened Monday to launch  attacks during the swearing in of Afghan President Hamid Karzai  while the U.S. military said every precaution was being taken  to protect a ceremony to be attended by top U.S. officials.
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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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Another milestone is on the horizon for the people of post-Taliban Afghanistan. Hamid Karzai takes the oath of office Dec. 7 as Afghanistan&#39;s first democratically elected president.
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The Taliban threatened Sunday to behead an Afghan doctor and three nurses captured two months ago unless the government hands over the body of slain top commander Mullah Dadullah.
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Tight security is in place in the Afghan capital Kabul as Hamid Karzai prepares to be sworn in as president.
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Hamid Karzai warns of the dangers of extremism and drugs as he is sworn in as Afghanistan's elected leader.
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A convoy carrying Afghan President Hamid Karzai's vice presidential running-mate came under attack Wednesday in northeastern Afghanistan, the presidential palace and other officials said, the third attack on Karzai's supporters ahead of landmark weekend elections.
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The Taliban warned on Monday of further  deadly attacks in the run-up to Afghanistan's first  presidential election after a car bomb in the heart of the  capital killed up to a dozen people.
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A ring of steel was placed around the  Afghan capital on Tuesday as Hamid Karzai prepared to be sworn  in as the country's first popularly elected President at a  ceremony attended by two of the figures most responsible for  easing him into power.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai's 17 rivals in the presidential race threatened to boycott landmark October 9 elections unless he stepped down before the vote.
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The Taliban will stage a "massive" operation against Western troops in Afghanistan and civilians must stay away from them in order to avoid casualties, a spokesman for the group said on Sunday.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Hamid Karzai's inauguration as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president opens a new chapter in the battle to rescue this impoverished country, which became a haven for international terrorism and now risks turning into a narco-state.
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KABUL : Hamid Karzai was to be sworn in as Afghanistan&#39;s first democratically elected president under watertight security after remnants of the ousted Taliban regime threatened to disrupt the ceremony.
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Hamid Karzai warned world leaders of the threat from terrorism and drugs after being sworn as Afghanistanâs first popularly-elected president today.
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Threatened by the Taliban, surrounded by security forces and watched by the second tier of the Bush administration, Hamid Karzai is due to be inaugurated as Afghanistan&#39;s first democratically elected president this morning.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghanistan&#39;s capital is under tight security for the inauguration of Hamid Karzai as the country&#39;s first popularly elected president.
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An attempt to shoot down President Hamid Karzai's helicopter just three weeks before Afghanistan's elections is indicative of the fraught security situation which is threatening the success of the polls, analysts said.