Afghan commission: Pakistani behind assassination of peace council chief

(CNN) -- Afghan officials repeated accusations Sunday that the assassination of the country's peace council chairman began with a plot in Pakistan and was carried out by a citizen of the neighboring nation.

The Pakistani government did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Burhanuddin Rabbani, who was spearheading the reconciliation process with the Taliban in Afghanistan, was killed in a suicide bomb attack at his home on September 20.    Read More

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