Karzai unharmed in Taliban rocket attack - Reuters

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Karzai unharmed in Taliban rocket attack
Sun Jun 10, 2007 10:40AM EDT Reuters

KABUL (Reuters) - "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 the government said.

Rockets fell several hundred meters from the government building southwest of Kabul and some of the audience began to flee, but Karzai urged them to stay and finished his speech, a government official and a witness told Reuters.

"Terrorists and enemies of Afghanistan fired three rockets towards the speech venue of Hamid Karzai and the firing of the rockets did not cause any interruption in the program of the president...," the palace said in a statement after Karzai concluded his trip.

No one was hurt and Karzai, who has already survived two assassination attempts in recent years, was whisked away after his speech under heavy security, a witness said.

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