mr. rabani. it also seriously injured a senior advisor to president karzai on issues of reconciliation and reintegration. so this suicide bomber essentially managed to damage the two people who were leading the peace process here in afghanistan. >> warner: what are u.s. and afghan officials saying to you about how big a blow this is for the u.s.-backed effort, led by the afghan government, to negotiate an end to this war? >> well, everybody here is trying to sort ofate not downplay the event but they're basically saying the peace process will continue. however, this is is a very clear sign that the taliban are not interested in talking peace. they've just killed the top negotiator who was responsible for bringing peace or trying to bring the taliban into this government or find some negotiated settlement to a war that has no military solution. so by killing, a, the top negotiator and trying to kill the number-two person in the reconciliation process, minister, i think they have given a very clear

mr. rabani, it is not normally searched by security guards.ecurity may not as thoroughly searched. >> thank you very much. we'll get back to you as you get more details. it underscores that the tremendous challenges that they are facing there in afghanistan and the taliban and their desire to conduct these attacks that have huge psychological impact on the community and how they feel about their safety and peace in that region. >>> here's a rundown of some of the other stories we're following first, there seems to be an app for everything. we'll tell you one big reason why. plus, the military officially ending don't ask, don't tell. we'll get a report from the pentagon. >>> then we'll look into a study linking diabetes with alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. political theelter and comedy at the u.n. each time world leaders arrive, we've got the highlights for you. >>> and more than a year and a half after a killer whale drowns a trainer at seaworld, a hearing continues over who's responsible. >> i think she made a mistake by putting her

former afghan president of bull run oudin rabani has been killed in a suspected suicide bombing at his home in kabul most recently mr rabbani ran the country's peace council attempting to negotiate a political solution between the government and the taliban and to lead the main political opposition in the country in his last t.v. interview with r t he blamed foreign intervention for bringing instability to his country. certainly the people of afghanistan do not want foreign troops to remain in our country and we don't want our nation's security to depend upon a foreign military presence however considering the critical situation in our country the lack of stability and to continue an armed clashes we have to tolerate a foreign military presence i have already emphasized that there would have been no civil war in afghanistan and no problems with the taliban if not for the invasions by foreign countries after all the people of afghanistan had managed to live for centuries without such in-fighting. sultanzoy political analyst and a former afghan m.p. says his death is a huge blow to the country. he was a very moderate