The New York Times
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 -- 11:11 AM EDT
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Afghanistan Peace Council Chief Is Killed in Attack on His Home
An unidentified attacker on Tuesday killed the leader of Afghanistan's High Peace Council, a former president of the country whose main responsibility was negotiating a political end to the war with the Taliban. The attack was a serious blow to any notion of reconciliation with the Taliban.
Afghan officials said the peace council leader, former President Burhanuddin Rabbani, was likely killed by a suicide bomber in or near his heavily guarded home in the Afghan capital, Kabul. The assassination coincided with President Hamid Karzai's visit to the United Nations General Assembly, where he was scheduled to confer with President Obama about the war.
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