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Burhanuddin Rabbani 1940-2011

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Afghan president pays tribute to killed former president Rabbani

The suicide bomber who killed Afghanistan's former president, Burhanuddin Rabbani, gained access to him by presenting officials beforehand with...

by RFE/RL RFE/RL in Afghanistan on 22/09/2011

Politics

Afghan president pays tribute to late Rabbani

The suicide bomber who killed Afghanistan's former president, Burhanuddin Rabbani, gained access to him by presenting officials beforehand with...

by Najib-Amiri Amiri in Afghanistan on 22/09/2011

Politics

Former President Rabbani is assassinated - Kabul

High Peace Council Chairman Prof. Burhanuddin Rabbani was assassinated along with three members of the body in a suicide bombing near his residence,...

by Pajhwok Afghan News in Afghanistan on 20/09/2011

22/09/2011 - Afghan president pays tribute to killed former president Rabbani - Afghanistan - The suicide bomber who killed...
22/09/2011 - Afghan president pays tribute to late Rabbani - Afghanistan - The suicide bomber who killed...
20/09/2011 - Former President Rabbani is assassinated - Kabul - Afghanistan - High Peace Council Chairman Prof....

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Press conference at the foreign office in Islamabad
Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hina Rabbani Khar and her Swedish counterpart, Carl Bildt address a joint press conference at the foreign office in Islamabad.
Karzai and Khar call for joint peace efforts - Kabul
Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said her visit to Kabul was aimed at enhancing bilateral goodwill and all-round cooperation, as she met Afghan president Karzai. Afghanistan....
Agreements but no breakthrough in trilateral summit
A trilateral summit between Turkey, Pakistan, and Afghanistan found some common ground between Islamabad and Kabul, but at the same time, served to highlight the continued distrust betw...
Hillary Clinton visits Pakistan to urge action against militants
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, with her Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabani Khar, during a joint press conference at the Foreign office in Islamabad on combating militants crossin...
Kabul University students protest in Kabul - Afghanistan
Kabul University students protest the killing of High Peace Council chief Prof. Rabani during an demonstration in Kabul. Afghanistan, Kabul, 13th October 2011
Afghans protest against the Taliban in Kabul
Supporters of the slain former Afghan president Burhanuddin Rabbani shout slogans and hold up his portrait during a protest against the Taliban and Pakistan in Kabul, Afghanistan. 27th ...
Afghans seek punishment against perpetrators of Rabbani assassination
Hundreds of Afghans took to the streets in Kabul against the assassination of former president Burhanuddin Rabbani, seeking stringent punishment for the perpetrators. Afghanistan, Kabul...
'Militant disguised as emissary killed Rabbani' - Karzai
President Hamid Karzai has said that a militant disguised as an important Taliban emissary, with a message from militant leadership, assassinated Prof. Burhanuddin Rabbani. Afghanistan,...
Afghan president pays tribute to killed former president Rabbani
The suicide bomber who killed Afghanistan's former president, Burhanuddin Rabbani, gained access to him by presenting officials beforehand with an audio recording of a purported Ta...
Afghan president pays tribute to late Rabbani
The suicide bomber who killed Afghanistan's former president, Burhanuddin Rabbani, gained access to him by presenting officials beforehand with an audio recording of a purported Ta...
President Karzai: Rabbani's killer staged a ruse‎
The suicide bomber who killed Afghanistan's former president, Burhanuddin Rabbani, gained access to him by presenting officials beforehand with an audio recording of a purported Ta...
Afghans mourn for Rabbani in Kabul
Afghan onlookers stand next to an image of former president Burhanuddin Rabbani after he was killed by a Taliban suicide bomber with explosives hidden in his turban. Kabul, Afghanistan....
Hundreds gather in Kabul to mourn assassination of Rabbani
Afghan men carry a banner featuring slain head of Afghanistan's High Peace Council and former president Burhanuddin Rabbani during a gathering to remember him after a suicide attac...
Former President Rabbani is assassinated - Kabul
High Peace Council Chairman Prof. Burhanuddin Rabbani was assassinated along with three members of the body in a suicide bombing near his residence, an official said. Afghanistan. 20th ...
Rabbani assassinated in bomb attack - Kabul
High Peace Council Chairman Prof. Burhanuddin Rabbani was killed in a suicide bombing in front of his residence in Kabul, an official said. Afghanistan, Kabul, 20th September 2011
Hina Rabbani meets with German Ambassador, Michael Koch
Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hina Rabbani meets with German Ambassador, Michael Koch
Hina Rabbani Khar talks with China Ambassador
Pakistan Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hina Rabbani Khar talks with China Ambassador, Liu Jian during a meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan. 11th September 2011
Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani briefing at PM House
Prime Minister, Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani being briefed by Federal Minister for Interior, Rehman A.Malik and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Hina Rabbani Khar on internal and forei...
Head of Peace Council Burhanuddin Rabbani briefs lawmakers - Kabul
The head of the Afghanistan's High Peace Council, Burhanuddin Rabbani, briefs lawmakers about the activities of the Peace Council in parliament. Kabul, Afghanistan. 4 June, 2011.
Protests across Pakistan against desecration of Koran - Peshawar
Pakistan today strongly condemned the act of burning the holy Koran by Terry Jones in Florida with a series of protests, many of which burnt US flags as seen here at these Peshawar prot...