Relatives of Burhannudin Rabbani, former president of Afghanistan and former head of the High Peace Council, criticized government for not probing Rabbani’s assassination case.

Laying a wreath on Rabbani’s tomb in Kabul on Friday, his wife Zahira Rabbani said seven years have been passed since the assassination of the former president, but the case has not been probed so far.

She made the remarks at a ceremony where Rabbani’s family members, government officials and politicians gathered to remember Rabbani’s seventh death anniversary. 

“Professor (Rabbani) was killed, was assassinated. Now you see, some people hosted Taliban for one week up to 10 days in their houses,” said Zahira Rabbani. 

“It is seven years since he (Rabbani) was assassinated, but still the perpetrators are not found,” said Mariam Mahbub, Rabbani’s granddaughter. 

A number of politicians talked on Rabbani’s life and described him as a cultural and political figure as well as a scholar and a warrior who fought many years for the national interests of the country. 

“Every day of his life and every activities of him (Rabbani) who fought for 50 years and more than that is a lesson and many anecdots,” said. 

“Professor Rabbani and Ahmad Shah Massoud were always saying that do not lose your will,” said Massoud Khalili, former Afghan ambassador in Spain . 

Burhannudin Rabbani was the leader of Jamiat Islami of Afghanistan and the head of the High Peace Council before his death.

Rabbani was assassinated in a suicide bombing at his residence in Wazir Akbar Khan area in Kabul on September 20, 2011.