Former Afghan President Assassinated in Suicide Attack

The former president of Afghanistan, Burhanuddin Rabbani, was slain in a suicide bomb attack on Tuesday; the latest in a string of assassinations targeting high-level officials.
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Head of the Afghanistan Peace Council and former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani, attends a ceremony with local officials on August 26, 2011 in Badakhshan, Afghanistan. (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)
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