Afghan Vice President Survives Attack
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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 US-led coalition were killed in a separate gunbattle.
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Vice President Dick Cheney had stayed the night at the base, but the explosion was far away from where he was staying, and he was not injured.
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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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Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett is in Afghanistan, a day after an attack aimed at US vice-president Dick Cheney.
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An Afghan vice president and cabinet minister escaped a bomb attack in the north of the country today, while one of their bodyguards was injured, the Associated Press reported.
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An explosion outside a US-based security firm that has been providing security for President Hamid Karzai tore through the building in downtown Kabul, killing at least seven people, the president&#39;s office said.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - The Afghan government on Thursday blamed drug smugglers - not Taliban or al-Qaida fighters - for a bomb attack on interim leader Hamid Karzai's vice presidential running mate, saying the country's landmark el ections are a threat to their business.    The attack Wednesday in the mountainous northeastern poppy-growing region of Badakhshan killed one person and wounded at least five others - including the former governor...
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A Taliban suicide bomber killed up to 12 people at the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan on Tuesday in an attack the rebels said was aimed at Dick Cheney, but the visiting U.S. vice president was not hurt.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan President Hamid Karzai escaped a rocket attack on the US helicopter carrying him to a provincial capital in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, in the second apparent attempt to assassinate the US-backed interim leader since he
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Afghanistan&#39;s president, Hamid Karzai, yesterday evaded an apparent assassination attempt, when a rocket attack missed his helicopter.
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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, Afghanistan - Two US soldiers were killed in a firefight with insurgents Monday, while an Afghan vice president escaped a bomb attack on his convoy in the latest assassination attempt on a political leader ahead of key elections.
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An explosion outside the main U.S. base in Afghanistan causes casualties during Cheney's visit
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In what the Taliban claimed was an assassination attempt, a suicide bomber attacked the main gate of a U.S. military base Tuesday within earshot of Vice President Dick Cheney. The explosion killed 23 people, including two Americans, and delivered a propaganda blow that undercut the U.S. military and the weak Afghan government it supports.
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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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An Afghan vice president on Monday escaped a bomb attack, which slightly injured his driver, while travelling in north-east Afghanistan.
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Two US soldiers were killed in a firefight with insurgents Monday, while an Afghan vice president escaped a bomb attack on his convoy in the latest assassination attempt on a political leader ahead of key elections.