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Arsala Rahmani shot dead in Kabul
- Published_at:2012-05-13
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:hellodable
- tags: Kabul (City/Town/Village), Arsala, Rahmani, shot, dead, Shots, Interview
- description: A top Afghan peace negotiator and former Taliban senior official was gunned down by assailants as he left his home in Kabul today. Arsala Rahmani, a close adviser to President Hamid Karzai, was a "key negotiator" in Afghanistan's High Peace Council (HPC), which was established to hold peace talks with Taliban insurgents, an Afghan official said. "Shortly after leaving home he was hit by a single bullet from a passing car. The bullet passed through his left arm and hit his heart," Rahmani's grandson, Mohammad Waris, was quoted as saying by AFP. "He died in the hospital." The Taliban denied responsibility for the shooting, but spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told The Wall Street Journal, "We are targeting HPC members." The Taliban said in a statement earlier this month that all HPC members were considered targets as part of its spring offensive against the US-led military coalition and the Afghan government. Today's incident occurred in the Dehbori area of western Kabul, TOLONews reported. Three gunmen in a Toyota Corolla fired upon the 70-year-old Rahmani and escaped, Afghan senator Abdullah Meyakhil said. Rahmani "had recently established contacts with senior Taliban leaders," a senior security official said. Rahmani, who was the Taliban's higher education minister during its rule from 1996 to 2001, left the Islamic militia and joined Karzai's government after the US invaded Afghanistan in the wake of the 9/11 attacks by al-Qaeda on US cities, AFP reported. His death is seen as a major blow to Karzai's US-backed peace efforts. Afghan foreign ministry spokesman Janan Mosazai condemned the killing, saying, "We condemn this cowardly assassination in the strongest possible terms. No one but the sworn enemies of peace in Afghanistan and the region would commit such a heinous act." "Mr. Rahmani gave his life to a cause that's the just aspiration of the Afghan people. His work will continue," he added. The former head of the council, ex-president Burhanuddin Rabbani, was killed last September by a purported Taliban suicide bomber posing as a peace envoy. Read more: http://www.news.com.au/world/top-afghan-peace-negotiator-arsala-rahman-shot-dead-in-kabul/story-e6frfkzi-1226354183233#ixzz1ukbis1IH
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