Afghan peace council gets new chairman

[April 14, 2012]  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The son of a former Afghan peace council chairman killed by a suicide bomber has been elected to succeed his father as head of the group tasked with finding a political resolution to the decade-long war.

A statement from the Afghan president's office said that the 70-plus members of the Afghan High Peace Council on Saturday elected Salahuddin Rabbani to lead the group.

Rabbani is the son of former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani who was killed Sept. 20, 2011, in his home in Kabul by a suicide bomber posing as a peace emissary from the Taliban.

[Associated Press]

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