Picture of the Day

(Two foreign security forces personnel take cover behind a vehicle during an attack by Taliban insurgents on Afghan President Hamid Karzai near the presidential palace in Kabul April 27, 2008. (Omar Sobhani/Reuters))

Most of the Afghani forces in the ceremony took off running.

This attack on Karzai was surprising for two reasons. 1) It came a day after Karzai very publicly called for the US to stop arresting the Taleban, and 2) It occurred live on Afghan national TV.

No real threat to Karzai, small arms over great distance, but 2 killed, 9 wounded, and a serious propaganda failure.