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AFGHANISTAN - Feb. 20 - Abdullah Denies Plot In Rahman's Death.(Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah and Aviation Minister Abdul Rahman)(Brief Article)

From: APS Diplomat Recorder  |  Date: 2/23/2002

FM Abdullah Abdullah says the government no longer believes that there was a plot to kill Aviation Minister Abdul Rahman. (The announcement contradicts Karzai's statement, who on Feb. 15 dramatically accused three government aides of plotting to kill the minister and asserted that his death had no connection with a crowd of angry Muslim pilgrims - see last week's Recorder). Abdullah says officials now think Rahman's death resulted from a violent attack by the crowd of pilgrims, which ...

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