Mr. Rabbani was killed in his Kabul home by a purported Taliban emissary who claimed to be carrying a message from top Taliban leaders in Quetta, Pakistan, about their willingness to launch substantive negotiations.
The Afghan government has accused the Taliban of organizing the killing with the aid of Pakistan's spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate. The Pakistani government has rejected the allegations, while the Taliban have declined to confirm or deny their involvement in the assassination.
Since then, the Karzai administration said it will drop its efforts to engage the Pakistan-based Taliban and would instead focus on speaking directly to Pakistan
