After Afghan slaying, a sense of helplessness

KABUL — As they mourned the slain Afghan leader who had been tasked with reconciling with the Taliban, close friends and associates of Burhanuddin Rabbani expressed anger and hopelessness Wednesday about peace talks they say were doomed from the start.

"We cannot continue to have wishful thinking," former presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah, who was close to Rabbani, said as he drove to the former president's house to pay his last respects. "We must deal with them forcefully."

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Neil Irwin 22 Sep, 2011

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