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Gunshots, stampede mars Hamid Karzai public meeting
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KABUL: Afghan President, Hamid Karzai public address at the Sports Stadium here was marred by gunshots breaking out stampede, however, the security men managed to escort out the Afghan President safely from there. Government TV said that the US trained guards managed to escort out the Afghan President Hamid Karzai safely from the Stadium, following the firing over there. The gunshots were heard, when Hamid Karzai was delivering his speech at a ceremony commemorating the 6th death anniversary of Ahmad Shah Masood.
Afghan Army said that the Stadium was jam-packed by a 15,000 strong crowd and a large number of people had gathered even outside the Stadium, who were trying to get in, when the police resorted to aerial firing for dispersing them.
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