Burhanuddin Rabbani, the head of Afghanistan's High Peace Council, was killed in a bomb attack on his home on Tuesday (September 20th) in Kabul as he met with two members of the Taliban, BBC News reported.

Burhanuddin Rabbani, a former president of Afghanistan, was leading Afghan efforts to reconcile with the Taliban. BBC reports was killed by an attacker who officials suspect had concealed a bomb in his turban.

Rabbani was a vocal critic of suicide attacks, and in recent months publicly called on the Taliban to lay down their arms.