Obama said that the former president's death is tragic because he was a man who cared deeply about Afghanistan.
New York: President Barack Obama says the killing of Afghanistan's ex-leader will not deter the US and Afghanistan from helping that country's people live freely.
Obama says the former president's death is tragic because he was a man who cared deeply about Afghanistan.
Obama commented on Tuesday at the top of a meeting in New York with current Afghan President Hamid Karzai. The former president, Burhanuddin Rabbani, was killed on Tuesday in a suicide bombing in Kabul.
Rabbani was head of the country's high peace council, which was set up by the Afghan government to work toward a political solution with the Taliban.
A spokesman said Karzai was cutting his trip short and returning to Kabul after the meeting with Obama.
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