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Kabul, Afghanistan – Taliban militants trained a barrage of rockets on President Hamid Karzai on Sunday as he spoke with a group of elders in central Afghanistan, narrowly missing the Afghan leader.
Karzai did not flinch as the rockets landed about 200 yards away, said Arif Yaqoubi, a local reporter.
“Don’t be scared,” Karzai said.
Karzai finished his speech and his security detail whisked him off by helicopter to Kabul, witnesses and officials said.
Provincial police chief Ali Shah Ahmadzai said no one was wounded in the attack.
A purported Taliban spokesman said militants planned the strike after learning in advance about Karzai’s arrival.
It was the third attempt on Karzai’s life since he became president.
