Afghan President Hamid Karzai, center, inspects the Afghan forces at a ceremony marking the 16th anniversary the defeat of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday April 27, 2008. Karzai was hussled away but escaped unhurt after an assassination attempt during an official celebration in the capital, Kabul, on Sunday.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai salutes just before the gun firing which he survived during a celebration in Kabul April 27, 2008. Karzai was hussled away but escaped unhurt after an assassination attempt during an official celebration in the capital, Kabul, on Sunday.
(Xinhua News Agency April 28, 2008)
