Afghanistan's Karzai escorted to safety after gunfire
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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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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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Hamid Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistan's first democratically elected president promising to restore security to the war-shattered country three years after the fall of the Taliban.
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Hamid Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistan's first democratically elected president at a ceremony in the capital Kabul, witnesses said.
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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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Afghan President Hamid Karzai urged   Canada on Friday not to be discouraged by the deaths of   Canadian soldiers in his war-torn country, saying that if the   troops leave the world would become more dangerous.
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Tight security has been imposed on the Afghan capital Kabul for the inauguration of Hamid Karzai as the country&#39;s first elected president.
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GHAZNI, Afghanistan, 6 October 2004 - Wartime security was rolled out for Afghanistanâs interim President Hamid Karzai as he addressed his first election campaign rally outside the capital yesterday amid spiraling violence.
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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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26 September 2004 -- Afghan Transitional Administration Chairman Hamid Karzai today made his first election campaign trip outside the capital Kabul since he a rocket attack targeted his helicopter on a similar trip earlier this month.
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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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A German soldier, right, of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and an Afghan security police stand guard below a poster of President Hamid Karzai in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan Monday, Dec. 6, 2004.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai escapes unhurt after the Taleban fire rockets at a meeting he was addressing.
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NATO peacekeepers and Afghan police are preparing tight security over the Afghan capital as foreign dignitaries descend on Kabul for President Hamid Karzai&#39;s inauguration on Tuesday.
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KABUL - NATO-led peacekeepers and US-led forces in Afghanistan are stepping up security for Tuesday&#39;s swearing in ceremony for President Hamid Karzai in Kabul.
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Security was tightened across Kabul on Monday in the wake of a vehicle bomb on Sunday that killed three Americans working for an American contractor and at least four other people.
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Protesters angered at President Hamid Karzai&#39;s sacking of a warlord governor in the west of the country ransacked UN compounds and clashed with security forces Sunday, leaving as many as three people dead and dozens wounded, including several US troops