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The former Afghan president Burhanuddin Rabbani was killed in a suicide bomb attack on his home close to the American embassy in Kabul on Tuesday. 本周二，阿富汗前总统布尔汉丁·拉巴尼在首都喀布尔靠近美国大使馆的住所里，遭遇自杀式炸弹袭击身亡。 Burhanuddin Rabbani had been heading a government peace council set up to build contacts with the Taliban. 拉巴尼是阿富汗政府和平委员会的主席，该组织主要负责建立与塔利班的联系和沟通工作。 Four of his bodyguards also died and a key presidential adviser was wounded. 拉巴尼的四名保镖也在爆炸中身亡，和平委员会的一位高级顾问在爆炸中身受重伤。 President Hamid Karzai cut short a visit to the U.S. over the attack, which dealt a harsh blow to peace efforts after a decade of war. 事件发生后，阿富汗总统卡尔扎伊提前结束了美国之行。此次事件沉重打击了阿富汗在连年战乱后的为和平所做出的努力。 The turban bomber entered Rabbani's house in the capital Kabul on Tuesday evening and blew himself up inside, Mohammad Zahir, the chief of criminal investigation for the Kabul police. 喀布尔警方的犯罪调查科负责人穆罕默德·查希尔表示，自杀式袭击者将爆炸物藏在头巾里，于周二晚上来到拉巴尼位于首都喀布尔的家里，成功引爆了炸弹。 | 
