VOA News: Asia: Afghanistan Appoints Son of Slain Peace Envoy

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Afghanistan Appoints Son of Slain Peace Envoy Apr 14th 2012, 13:30 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. Media files: reuters_afghanistan_Salahuddin_Rabbani_file_14april2012_480.jpg (image/jpeg, 0.5 MB) reuters_afghanistan_Salahuddin_Rabbani_file_14april2012_230.jpg

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