Pakistan denies ISI involvement in Burhanuddin Rabbani’s assassination

Islamabad dismisses allegations of secret service’s link to the killing of Afghan peace envoy as ‘baseless and irresponsible’ Pakistan has denied Afghanistan’s claim that the military Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI) was involved in the assassination of Afghanistan’s envoy for peace talks with the Taliban. Pakistan’s foreign ministry yesterday called the allegation baseless and irresponsible. The envoy, former president Burhanuddin Rabbani, was Pakistan’s friend, it said. The Afghan government said it had given Pakistan evidence, which Pakistan said was the confession of Hamidullah Akundzadeh, the Afghan accused of masterminding Rabbani’s killing. Pakistan Afghanistan Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Taliban guardian.co.uk

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