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Pakistan nabs two Taliban members over Rabbani murder
Press TV February 9, 2012
Two men connected to the Taliban terrorist group have been arrested in Pakistan over the assassination of former Afghan president and chairman of Afghanistan’s High Peace Council, Burhanuddin Rabbani.
Afghan officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Mehr News Agency on Thursday that the pair were detained somewhere in Quetta, which is located 700 kilometers (435 miles) southwest of the Pakistani capital Islamabad, in the past days.
The report comes months after Afghan government spokesman Sifatullah Safi said that the main suspect in Rabbani’s killing, Hamidullah Akhund, was arrested somewhere in the Afghan capital Kabul.
Akhund reportedly sent a bomber to kill the leader of Afghanistan’s peace process. The killer posed as a Taliban emissary carrying conciliatory messages. He was escorted into Rabbani’s heavily guarded home on September 20, 2011, and then set off explosives hidden in his turban as he greeted the former Afghan president.
Akhund was a critical interlocutor between the peace council and Taliban leaders in Quetta, Pakistan.
He recorded an audio message from Rabbani to the Taliban, which he promised to deliver, and passed along reports of his progress and conversations with high-ranking Taliban leaders.
Akhund then called with news that Quetta-based Taliban group was ready to talk to the Afghan government.
Akhund said he could not go to Kabul personally, but would send a man he trusted. The emissary turned out to be the bomber.
President Karzai and his government have come under intense pressure from political rivals and the Afghan public to arrest whoever was responsible for the plot to assassinate Rabbani.
http://www.afghanistannewscenter.com...eb92012.html#1
Press TV February 9, 2012
Two men connected to the Taliban terrorist group have been arrested in Pakistan over the assassination of former Afghan president and chairman of Afghanistan’s High Peace Council, Burhanuddin Rabbani.
Afghan officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Mehr News Agency on Thursday that the pair were detained somewhere in Quetta, which is located 700 kilometers (435 miles) southwest of the Pakistani capital Islamabad, in the past days.
The report comes months after Afghan government spokesman Sifatullah Safi said that the main suspect in Rabbani’s killing, Hamidullah Akhund, was arrested somewhere in the Afghan capital Kabul.
Akhund reportedly sent a bomber to kill the leader of Afghanistan’s peace process. The killer posed as a Taliban emissary carrying conciliatory messages. He was escorted into Rabbani’s heavily guarded home on September 20, 2011, and then set off explosives hidden in his turban as he greeted the former Afghan president.
Akhund was a critical interlocutor between the peace council and Taliban leaders in Quetta, Pakistan.
He recorded an audio message from Rabbani to the Taliban, which he promised to deliver, and passed along reports of his progress and conversations with high-ranking Taliban leaders.
Akhund then called with news that Quetta-based Taliban group was ready to talk to the Afghan government.
Akhund said he could not go to Kabul personally, but would send a man he trusted. The emissary turned out to be the bomber.
President Karzai and his government have come under intense pressure from political rivals and the Afghan public to arrest whoever was responsible for the plot to assassinate Rabbani.
http://www.afghanistannewscenter.com...eb92012.html#1