KABUL, Afghanistan — A surging crowd of mourners on Friday touched and kissed the coffin of former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani, slain by a suicide bomber claiming to carry a Taliban ...

Supporters of Burhanuddin Rabbani, former Afghan president and head of the government's peace council, hold a picture of him as they stand outside his house a day after he was killed.Supporters of ...

The latest assassination in Afghanistan illustrates the immense divides that plague the country. Foreign Policy's Anand Gopal analyzes the death of Afghan political figure Burhanuddin Rabbani ...

KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 3 -- Four decades ago, when he was a young theology student at Kabul University, Burhanuddin Rabbani became active in the growing Islamic movement at the school.

Former Afghan president Burhanuddin Rabbani talks to NEWSWEEK about his country’s interim government, his political future—and why he believes Islam is the leading religion in the battle ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) When Afghanistan”s interim government was sworn in a month ago yesterday, the ceremony included a symbolic departure from the presidential palace by former President ...

Burhanuddin Rabbani, a former guerrilla leader who served as Afghanistan's second president after the 1979-89 Soviet occupation, was assassinated in Kabul on Sept. 20 by a suicide bomber who ...

Burhanuddin Rabbani, the head of the Afghan Peace Council and former president of Afghanistan, was killed in a bombing in the nation's capital.

An Afghan man holds a picture of slain former Afghan president and head of the government's peace council, Burhanuddin Rabbani, during a protest in Kabul September 27, 2011.

Afghanistan's former President, Burhanuddin Rabbani, was chosen on Sunday to lead a council tasked with starting peace talks with Taliban-led insurgents, officials said.

A surging crowd of mourners on Friday kissed the coffin of former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani, slain by a suicide bomber claiming to carry a peace message from the Taliban.

HUNDREDS of Afghans have protested against the assassination of Burhanuddin Rabbani, chairman of the government's peace council whose murder threatens to fling the country into further turmoil.