Reuters June 25, 2013 - 04:37 By Mirwais Harooni KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban gunmen attacked Afghanistan's presidential palace and surrounding buildings, including the CIA's Afghan headquarters, early on Tuesday, with explosions and gunfire shaking the city centre. A Reuters reporter at the palace said the attack began soon after 6.30 a.m. (0300 BST), when at least one man opened fire with an automatic rifle at a gate to the palace in the central Shash Darak district. Karzai's whereabouts were not immediately known, though he was due to attend a press event at the palace after 9 a.m. (0530 BST). Reporters had been gathering at the palace when the attack began and dived for cover as...
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