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    April 14, 2012

Afghanistan Appoints Son of Slain Peace Envoy

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   Salahuddin Rabbani (C) prays after he was introduced as the care taker
   to Jamiat-e Islami party during a gathering at the Kabul
   Intercontinental Hotel, October 4, 2011. Photo: Reuters
   Salahuddin Rabbani (C) prays after he was introduced as the care taker
   to Jamiat-e Islami party during a gathering at the Kabul
   Intercontinental Hotel, October 4, 2011.

   Afghanistan has appointed the son of slain statesman Burhanuddin
   Rabbani to replace his father and lead the country's High Peace Council
   charged with finding a political solution to the Afghan war.
   Afghan President Hamid Karzai said in a statement Saturday that
   Salahuddin Rabbani is the country's new top peace envoy. Rabbani is
   currently Afghanistan's ambassador to Turkey.
   His father, who was also a former president of Afghanistan, was killed
   in September by an assassin who had a bomb hidden under his turban. The
   late president was spearheading peace efforts with the Taliban.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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