(28 Apr 2008)
1. Various of Afghan guards of honour walking ahead of ambulance carrying body of killed Afghan lawmaker Fazel Rahman Samkanai
2. Afghan lawmakers following the convoy
3. Ambulance passing by
4. Afghan National Army soldier standing
5. Mid of soldier's hand holding gun
6. People lowering coffin in grave
7. Mourner crying
8. Body of Afghan lawmaker Fazel Rahman Samkanai in grave
9. Man drinking water
10. People gathered by grave
11. Wide of funeral ceremony
STORYLINE:
The funeral was held on Monday of an Afghan lawmaker who was killed in the attempted assassination of Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai on Sunday.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attempt, which occurred during a Sunday ceremony in Kabul to mark the mujahedeen victory over the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.
Lawmaker Fazel Rahman Samkanai, who was about 30 metres (yards) from the president, was killed in the attack.
Nasir Ahmad Latefi, a local Shiite leader, and a 10-year boy also died.
Militants also wounded eight people when they fired rockets and automatic rifles at Karzai and other dignitaries.
The attack, which underscored the fragility of Karzai's US-backed government, sent him and foreign ambassadors scurrying for cover.
Less than two hours later, Karzai appeared on state-run TV and said "everything is OK."
Three of the attackers were killed, the government said, but the Taliban said additional attackers were involved.
The gunfire apparently came from a three-storey guesthouse, popular with migrant labourers, about 300 metres (yards) from the stands where Karzai was seated alongside Cabinet ministers and senior diplomats, who all escaped unharmed.
Residents said a 30-minute gun battle broke out between security forces and gunmen holed up in the guesthouse in a neighbourhood of ruined mud brick buildings.
On Monday, Afghan troops were deployed in parts of the city where government officials and foreigners live, while investigators focused on the area where the attack was launched.
About 100 people were rounded up for questioning, an Afghan intelligence official said.
Some of those detained have since been freed, said Defence Ministry spokesman, General Mohammad Zahir Azimi.
The attack raises questions about the ability of the intelligence service, police and army to provide adequate security in the heart of the city.
The fighting left about 8-thousand dead last year, mostly militants in the south and east of the country, where Karzai's government has only a tenuous grip and little public support.
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