A former Afghan president who had led negotiations with the Taliban has been assassinated in the Afghan capital of Kabul. Burhanuddin Rabbani, the head of Afghanistan’s High Peace Council, died after a suicide bomber attacked him in his home. The bomber was a Taliban representative who had arrived to meet with Rabbani for scheduled talks. Standing with President Obama at the United Nations, Afghan President Hamid Karzai honored Rabbani’s life.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai: “The chairman of the Afghan Peace Council, the former Afghan president and Afghan patriot, who, as we see, has sacrificed his life for the sake of Afghanistan and for the peace of our country—the mission that he had undertaken was vital, Mr. President, for the Afghan people and for the security of our country and for peace in our country. We will miss him very, very much.”