Thursday, September 22, 2011

How Former Afghan President Rabbani Was Assassinated



Karzai: Rabbani Killer Used Fake Peace Message For Access -- Voice of America

Afghan President Hamid Karzai says the suicide bomber who killed former president Burhanuddin Rabbani at his Kabul home Tuesday used a fake peace message from the Taliban to gain access to him.

Mr. Rabbani, the head of Afghanistan's High Peace Council, was killed when the attacker detonated explosives hidden in his turban. He was leading efforts to find a political solution to the 10-year Afghan war

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More News On The Assassination Of Former Afghan President Rabbani

Survivor Tells of Taliban Plot in Former Afghan President’s Assassination -- New York Times
'Rabbani killer duped us with peace CD' - Hamid Karzai -- BBC
Karzai: Fake audio recording led to Afghan leader’s slaying -- Washington Post
Taliban sent ‘peace message to trick Rabbani’ -- Financial Times
Rabbani's Killer Used Fake Peace Message to Gain Access, Karzai Says -- Voice of America
Afghan president: Rabbani's killer was impostor -- AP
Ex-Afghan president lured into deadly trap: survivor -- Reuters
Taliban Bomber Waited Days to Give Afghan Peace Envoy Rabbani Lethal Hug -- Bloomberg
Taliban's CD trick to kill Rabbani -- Times of India/AFP
Afghans: Taliban Killed Negotiator. Intelligence Officials Said the Insurgency's Leadership Was Behind the Assassination of the Top Peace Negotiator -- Wall Street Journal
Afghanistan: explosive missives: The assassination of Hamid Karzai's chief piece negotiator was a sectarian attempt to reopen the country's ethnic fault lines -- Guardian editorial

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