Key Afghan leader Rabbani killed in Kabul bombing

KABUL — Former Afghan president Burhanuddin Rabbani, who was appointed last year to head a commission trying to broker a peace deal with the Taliban, was killed inside his Kabul home Tuesday afternoon in a suicide bombing, Afghan officials said.
The man who killed Rabbani was brought to his house under the pretext of peace talks, Gen. Abdul Zahir, director of investigations for the Kabul police, said in a phone interview. The suicide bomber had hidden explosives in his turban, Zahir said.
Read full article >> Ernesto Londono 21 Sep, 2011
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