Afghan President Hamid Karzai has survived an assassination attempt in the southern city of Kandahar.
A man in uniform fired four rounds into his car, wounding the Kandahar governor and a bodyguard.
I expect things like this to happen Hamid Karzai American soldiers guarding the president fired back. The attacker and an Afghan bodyguard were killed in the incident.
The attack came only hours after a suspected car bomb exploded in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing at least 10 people including three policemen, the authorities say.
‘Sprayed with bullets’
Mr Karzai was in his vehicle in a heavily protected convoy, leaving the guesthouse of the Kandahar governor in the heart of the city
Huge crowds had gathered to welcome him back to his home town where he was due to attend his brother’s wedding.
As he waved to them, a young Afghan boy approached him. The president leaned from his window to exchange traditional greetings.
Moments later the would-be assassin moved in, shooting four times into the president’s vehicle.
The BBC’s Lyse Doucet, who was in a nearby vehicle, says one of the bullets flew passed Mr Karzai’s ear and hit the Kandahar Governor, Gul Agha Sherzai. His condition is unclear.
Two bullets pierced two windows in the car.
The president’s American bodyguards leapt from their jeep and sprayed the gunman with bullets. Mr Karzai has been using American bodyguards to bolster his security since one of his vice-presidents, Haji Abdul Qadir, was shot dead in broad daylight in Kabul last July.
How unfortunate they where not successful whoever was behind the attack pro taliban, hekamteyar, or americans themselves creating another scenario attack justifying there reason for being there!
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How unfortunate they where not successful whoever was behind the attack pro taliban, hekamteyar, or americans themselves creating another scenario attack justifying there reason for being there!
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American doesn't need another reason to justify being there and you should get use to it, America won't be leaving for several years.
Abdullah, quarter of million of them are buried in Normandy. US is not a state that leaves before the job is done (or leaves their dead behind like you know who). My only worry is that how much damage Pakistan is going to suffer because of the terrorists that have taken coverage there. It is worrisome, I own property in Lahore.
NYA, I wouldn't have mind fighting alongside with the Americans in Normandy. That era was completely different. There were people who had dignity and to a larger extent they fought for something that was justified.
America is fast losing its spirit if it continues on the same path.It's a nation which is on a course of moral degradation.