Rabbani Killing

At least six people were killed in a Taliban siege near the Spanish embassy in Kabul's diplomatic quarter that ended on Saturday, the latest insurgent attack in the highly fortified area.

Ending a bitter seven-month standoff, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton apologised to Pakistan on Tuesday for the killing of 24 of its troops last fall and won in return the reopening of critical NATO supply lines into Afghanistan. The agreement could save the US hundreds of millions of dollars.

The Obama administration says Pakistan is reopening supply lines into Afghanistan after the US issued an apology for the November killing of 24 Pakistani troops in a NATO airstrike.

Pakistan's foreign minister has told U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton that an alleged NATO attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers has negated progress in improving the tattered alliance between the two countries.

India today said it was good that the United States recognised the link between the Haqqani network and Pakistan's intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), both of which have been blamed for the assassination of former Afghan President Burhanudin 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 Taliban peace offer, President Hamid Karzai said on Thursday.

The suicide bomber who assassinated former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani insisted on meeting face-to-face with the ex-president and waited in Kabul for days to talk with him about brokering peace with the Taliban, an associate of Rabbani's said Wednesday.

A Taliban suicide bomber, with explosives hidden in his turban, on Tuesday assassinated Afghanistan's former president Burhanuddin Rabbani, who was leading efforts to talk peace with insurgents.

At least six people were killed in a Taliban siege near the Spanish embassy in Kabul's diplomatic quarter that ended on Saturday, the latest insurgent attack in the highly fortified area.

Ending a bitter seven-month standoff, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton apologised to Pakistan on Tuesday for the killing of 24 of its troops last fall and won in return the reopening of critical NATO supply lines into Afghanistan. The agreement could save the US hundreds of millions of dollars.

The Obama administration says Pakistan is reopening supply lines into Afghanistan after the US issued an apology for the November killing of 24 Pakistani troops in a NATO airstrike.

Pakistan's foreign minister has told U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton that an alleged NATO attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers has negated progress in improving the tattered alliance between the two countries.

India today said it was good that the United States recognised the link between the Haqqani network and Pakistan's intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), both of which have been blamed for the assassination of former Afghan President Burhanudin 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 Taliban peace offer, President Hamid Karzai said on Thursday.

The suicide bomber who assassinated former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani insisted on meeting face-to-face with the ex-president and waited in Kabul for days to talk with him about brokering peace with the Taliban, an associate of Rabbani's said Wednesday.

A Taliban suicide bomber, with explosives hidden in his turban, on Tuesday assassinated Afghanistan's former president Burhanuddin Rabbani, who was leading efforts to talk peace with insurgents.