Former Afghan President and Jamiat-i-Islami leader Burhanuddin Rabbani has been assassinated. I'm reminded of that moment 10 years ago when news came forth that his close associate Ahmad Shah Masood had been assassinated by Taliban ally AlQaeda. This was of course the day before the 9/11 attacks.
Here too, the Taliban say that an elaborate ruse had been created to gain Rabbani's trust by leading him into a pretense of negotiations. This enabled a pair of suicide bombers to gain close access to Rabbani, before detonating their hidden explosives.
This is a severe blow which shows that Taliban/ISI can never be trusted, especially when they claim to want to negotiate.
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