The Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed former Afghan president Burhanuddin Rabbani on Tuesday. The Taliban, which was holding peace negotiations with Rabbani, said it "won his trust" (Reuters) in order to kill him.

PAKISTAN: Amid U.S. calls for Pakistan to take action against Haqqani militants (ExpressTribune)—considered responsible for a recent attack on the U.S. embassy in Kabul—Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence chief, General Ahmed Shuja Pasha, flew to Washington on Tuesday to meet with his CIA counterpart, General David Petraeus.

Pakistan’s intelligence agency, the ISI, faces persistent accusations of links to terrorism, despite repeated denials.

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