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Mon, 04/28/2008 - 10:34
Karzai’s Damocles sword, Nikolaj Nielsen
During a procession to mark the end of Soviet occupation, Taliban insurgents fired rockets and automatic weapons in Kabul yesterday. Their target was Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai. Karzai escaped injury along with other officials and visiting dignitaries. However, a Shia leader, a ten-year old boy, and a lawmaker were killed. Three of the six militants were also killed in the ensuing thirty-minute melee. Read the rest of this post...
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