Rocket fire thwarts rally for Karzai
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GARDEZ, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai had to abort a rare campaign rally Thursday in this town southeast of the capital when a rocket was fired over his helicopter as it began to land.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai has no plans to restrict his travel or beef up personal security after surviving a third assassination attempt in a rocket attack outside the capital, a presidential spokesman said on Monday.
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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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Afghanistan&#39;s president, Hamid Karzai, yesterday evaded an apparent assassination attempt, when a rocket attack missed his helicopter.
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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.
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A fleet of helicopters escorted by fighter jets flew Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai to his first campaign rally outside Kabul as the war-shattered country counted down to elections.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai escaped an assassination bid on Thursday when a rocket was fired at his U.S. military helicopter as it was landing in the southeastern town of Gardez.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- A convoy carrying the running mate to Afghan President Hamid Karzai came under attack in the northeastern part of the country, just days before landmark elections.
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President Hamid Karzai scrapped a trip to a provincial capital in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday after a rocket hit near his helicopter landing site, the US military said.
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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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Hundreds of supporters of the deposed governor of Afghanistan&#39;s western province of Herat took to the streets and burned United Nations offices on Sunday to protest against his removal by President Hamid Karzai.
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A rocket exploded in the air above the US military compound in Kabul on Friday, the eve of Afghanistan&#39;s presidential poll, but there were no casualties, a spokesman for the international peacekeeping force said.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai abruptly canceled a speech to a state-run think tank in Pakistan on Tuesday, but officials denied security was a reason.
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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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Afghanistan&#39;s interim President Hamid Karzai has left his heavily fortified compound in Kabul for his first election rally, in the last week of campaigning, for this Saturday&#39;s first ever direct elections.
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Police attempting to keep a restless crowd from entering a capacity-filled stadium fired their guns into the air on Sunday while Afghan President Hamid Karzai quickly wrapped up his speech inside, a military official said.
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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.