A gunman has shot dead a top member of the Afghan peace council in Kabul.
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[Arsala] Rahmani was one of about 70 influential Afghans and former Taliban appointed by President Hamid Karzai to try to reconcile with the insurgents.
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[The] effort suffered a major setback in September 2011 when former Afghan president Burhanuddin Rabbani, who was head of the peace council, was assassinated by a suicide bomber posing as a peace emissary from the Taliban.
UK Guardian
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