Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday survived an assassination attempt by suspected Taliban militants here at a high-profile military parade, with explosions and gunfire killing at least one person and injuring 11 others including lawmakers.
Karzai as well as scores of ministers from his Cabinet and foreign diplomats including the US ambassador escaped unhurt from the attack at the parade, organised to mark the 16th anniversary of the end Soviet-backed rule in Afghanistan.
At least one person has been killed and 11 were hurt in the attack, state run Bakhtar News Agency reported.
Security forces whisked 50-year-old Karzai away from the scene. Two MPs were reported to be among the wounded.
A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility for the attack and said it had deployed six militants, with suicide vests and guns, to target the president.
Karzai has survived at least three previous assassination attempts but this was the first attempt on him in the capital.
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