As head of the council, Rabbani was leading Afghan efforts to negotiate with the Taliban.
Columnist Usman Rana talks about the repercussions of last week’s attacks for Norwegian Muslims.
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has said his country will “not be intimidated or threatened” by Friday’s bomb and gun attacks.
Many in Norway are wondering whether it’s now time to rethink the country’s security.
Most European counter-intelligence work has focused on Islamic extremism in the last ten years.
77 people, most of them teenagers, were killed in Oslo and on nearby Utøya island by Anders Behring Breivik on July 22.
Norway has been hit by a bomb blast in the capital and a shooting attack at a youth camp.
Tressa Skofterud usually works in an office 300 yards from the blast in Oslo but stayed home on Friday.
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