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Tuesday, October 04, 2011
Pakistan rejects Afghan charges on RabbaniISLAMABAD: Pakistan has angrily rejected allegations from Afghan officials that its intelligence agency masterminded the assassination of Kabul’s chief peace negotiator with the Taliban. An investigative delegation established by President Hamid Karzai said evidence and a confession provided by a man involved in Burhanuddin Rabbani’s killing had revealed that the bomber was Pakistani. “Instead of making such irresponsible statements, those in positions of authority in Kabul should seriously deliberate as to why all those Afghans who are favourably disposed towards peace and towards Pakistan are systematically being removed from the scene and killed,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “There is a need to take stock of the direction taken by Afghan intelligence and security agencies.” Rabbani’s killing derailed efforts to forge dialogue with the Taliban and raised fears of a dangerous widening of Afghanistan’s ethnic rifts. reuters
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk