On Sept. 27, 1996, in Afghanistan, the Taliban, a band of former seminary students, drove the government of President Burhanuddin Rabbani out of Kabul, captured the capital and executed former ...

1996, in Afghanistan, the Taliban, a band of former seminary students, drove the government of President Burhanuddin Rabbani out of Kabul, captured the capital and executed former leader Najibullah.

Burhanuddin Rabbani’s death threatened to exacerbate tensions among Afghanistan’s ethnic groups and further unravel support for the peace process. By Alissa J. Rubin ...

Burhanuddin Rabbani was assassinated in 2011 by a bomber, posing as a Taliban peace envoy, with explosives packed in his turban. The AFJC said the suspension of the two channels "infringes on the ...

1992-1993 – After the withdrawal of the Soviet Union from Afghanistan, Karzai serves as deputy foreign minister in the government of President Burhanuddin Rabbani.

1992-1993 – After the withdrawal of the Soviet Union from Afghanistan, Karzai serves as deputy foreign minister in the government of President Burhanuddin Rabbani.

In the aftermath of the killing of former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani in September 2011, the victim of a daring suicide attack on his residency, Pakistan’s then Foreign Minister, Hina ...

He has demonstrated his anti-Taliban bona fides in other ways, such as when he granted posthumous state awards to the late Northern Alliance leader Ahmad Shah Massoud and Burhanuddin Rabbani, a ...

1996: In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture Kabul after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing Mohammad Najibullah.

The legendary anti-Soviet turned anti-Taliban commander was a figure of global renown. He even overshadowed ally Burhanuddin Rabbani, the man who was recognized by much of the world as Afghanistan’s ...

When the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan 25 years ago, almost everyone was against it. But Afghanistan's northerly neighbors in Central Asia have taken a different attitude toward the militant ...

1992-1993 – Serves as deputy foreign minister, in the government of Afghanistan President Burhanuddin Rabbani, after the withdrawal of the Soviet Union.