Afghans Say Taliban Top Leadership Sent Bomber to Kill Peace Envoy Rabbani
The Afghan official who arranged the meeting between Burhanuddin Rabbani and the suicide bomber who killed him said that the decision to kill him came from the Quetta Shura, or the top leadership of the Pakistani based Taliban. The assassination of the chief negotiator for peace talks raises the question of whether or not the Taliban truly desire peace or if they see this as an opportunity to remove potential political rivals.