Suspected Taliban militants attacked a ceremony attended by the Afghan president today, unleashing automatic weapons and rocket fire that sent foreign dignitaries and senior members of the government fleeing for cover.

Taliban militants attacked a ceremony attended by the Afghan president today, unleashing automatic weapons and rocket fire that sent foreign dignitaries and senior members of the government fleeing for cover.

Wrapped in an Afghan flag, the body of slain Afghan vice president Abdul Qadir was carried today on the shoulders of his family members into the Eid Gah mosque in the capital Kabul where funeral prayers were said.