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AFGHANISTAN: The international community condemns the assassination of former Afghan president

AFP - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday condemned "in strongest possible terms" the assassination of former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani, recalling that the UN remained committed to "support Afghanistan and its people. "

"I am deeply shocked by the death" of Mr. Rabbani in a suicide bombing and "I condemn in the strongest possible terms the attack against people who worked for the restoration of peace in Afghanistan," he said , quoted by his spokesman Martin Nesirky.

Mr. Rabbani was responsible for negotiating peace with the Taliban.He was killed Tuesday at his home in Kabul by a Taliban envoy false hid a bomb in his turban, according to his entourage and the police.

"I want to reaffirm that the United Nations remain committed to supporting Afghanistan and its people to find peace and stability," he added.