Afghan President Aborts Trip After Rocket Attack
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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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GARDEZ, Afghanistan  - 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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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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Afghan President Hamid Karzai broke off from a speech and was escorted safely away from a ceremony at Kabul's sports arena on Sunday after shots were fired outside the stadium, a defense ministry spokesman said.
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Three men have been arrested for trying to kill Afghan President Hamid Karzai by firing a rocket at his helicopter during his first election campaign trip outside the capital, officials said on Friday.
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A convoy carrying Vice President Nematullah Shahrani was attacked by remote-control explosives Monday in northern Afghanistan, just four days after President
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GARDEZ, Afghanistan  - Afghan President Hamid  Karzai aborted his first election campaign trip outside the  capital on Thursday after a rocket shot over his helicopter as  he was landing in southeastern Gardez and exploded nearby.
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A deputy to Afghanistan&#39;s president, Hamid Karzai, escaped a roadside bombing in northern Afghanistan on Monday, just four days after a rocket was fired at Karzai&#39;s helicopter as he was heading to a campaign event for the Oct. 9 elections.
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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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Gardez (Afghanistan), Sept. 16 : Afghan President Hamid Karzai escaped an assassination bid today when a rocket was fired at his US military helicopter as it was landing in the southeastern town of Gardez.
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Two people have been killed in a bomb attack on an Afghanistan election rally held by President Hamid Karzai&#39;s running mate in the country&#39;s north.
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Afghanistan's presidential vote count neared its end with Hamid Karzai edging closer to victory, but a weekend suicide blast in Kabul offered a deadly reminder of the dangers facing the war-weary nation.
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Three suspects Taliban members have been arrested for trying to kill Afghan President Hamid Karzai by firing a rocket at his helicopter during his first election campaign trip outside Kabul, officials said on Friday.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- A convoy carrying Vice President Nematullah Shahrani was attacked by remote-control explosives yesterday in northern Afghanistan, just four days after a rocket was fired at President Hamid Karzai's helicopter as it was landing at a school in southern Afghanistan.
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KABUL - Three rockets were fired in the Afghan capital Kabul late Saturday injuring at least one person in the latest of a string of attacks following landmark elections.
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KABUL -- Just over 24 hours before Afghans were due to vote in their first ever presidential election, three rockets were launched from points around the Afghan capital Kabul.
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KABUL, Afghanistan One person is reported dead after at least three rockets slammed into an area of the Afghan capital of Kabul near the US Embassy.