Meanwhile... Back in Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, the country that should be the central front in the War on Terror - you know, where the Taliban and Osama and al Qaeda are located - things are not a whole lot better than in Iraq.

A rocket slammed into the ground near where Afghan President Hamid Karzai's helicopter was approaching to land in an eastern city Thursday, forcing him to return to Kabul, officials said.

Karzai was headed to the city of Gardez, 60 miles south of Kabul, for a school-opening ceremony, aboard a U.S. military helicopter. Presidential spokesman Jawed Ludin said the rocket came down in a village about a mile from Gardez, while U.S. military spokesman Maj. Mark McCann said it hit 300 yards from the landing zone.

Although... now that I really look at that news report... I'm not sure that USA Today uses that font. Hmmmm...