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Afghanistan's former president Burhanuddin Rabbani assassinated - in pictures

President Rabbani: 1987: Prof. Burhanuddin Rabbani, leader of the Afghan Jamiat-i-Islami
1987: Rabbani, leader of the Afghan Jamaat-i-Islami (Islamic Society) party, listens to mujahideen in Peshawar, Pakistan Photograph: Dimitri Kochko/AFP
President Rabbani: 1986: President Reagan meets with Afghan Burhanuddin Rabbani
1986: Afghan rebel leader Burhanuddin Rabbani meets US president Ronald Reagan in the Oval Office Photograph: Cynthia Johnson/Time & Life Images/Getty Images
President Rabbani: 1998: Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani at Faizabad airstrip
1998: Speaking to journalists at Faizabad airstrip. Rabbani was ousted from power by the Taliban in 1996 Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images
President Rabbani: 2001: Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani
2001: Rabbani emerges from the Pul-e-Khishti mosque in Kabul after Friday prayers surrounded by United Front bodyguards and supporters Photograph: Brennan Linsley/AP
President Rabbani: 2001: President Burnahuddin Rabbani salutes the Afghan flag
2001: Rabbani salutes the Afghan flag as he reviews Northern Alliance troops in a training camp Photograph: Yannis Behrakis/Reuters
President Rabbani: 2001: Afghanistan's leader Hamid Karzai (R) holding a doctorate degree
2001: Afghan leader Hamid Karzai (right) holding a doctorate degree to be presented to former Afghan president Burhanuddin Rabbani during the inauguration of the new Afghan interim government in Kabul Photograph: Jimin Lai/AFP/Getty Images
President Rabbani: March 2011: Burhanuddin Rabbani speaks at High Peace Council
March 2011: Burhanuddin Rabbani, former Afghan president and head of the High Peace Council addresses delegates as the council meets in Kabul Photograph: S. Sabawoon/EPA
President Rabbani: 2011: An Afghan policeman keeps journalists away from Rabbani's house
September 20, 2011: An Afghan policeman keeps journalists away from the Kabul house of former president Burhanuddin Rabbani Photograph: Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images
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