14 moments

1. Birth in Yaftal

   1940-09-20 · Yaftal, Fayzabad District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan

   Rabbani was born in Yaftal in Badakhshan, the beginning point of his documented life chronology. The linked Yaftal gazetteer is a district-level point; the exact village coordinate is not established by the cited biography.

2. Kabul University graduation and appointment

   1963-01-01 · Kabul University, Kabul, Afghanistan

   Rabbani completed studies in Islamic law and theology at Kabul University and was hired there as a professor soon afterward.

3. Al-Azhar study in Cairo

   1966-01-01 · Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

   Rabbani traveled to Egypt and entered Al-Azhar University in Cairo for advanced study in Islamic philosophy.

4. Flight to Peshawar

   1974-01-01 · Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

   After authorities sought to arrest him at Kabul University, Rabbani escaped into Pakistan and reached Peshawar, joining the Afghan Islamist exile milieu. The source describes the timing as following Niazi's 1974 imprisonment; no more precise date is supported.

5. Saudi Arabia during exile

   1975-01-01 · Saudi Arabia

   While in exile from Afghanistan, Rabbani was away in Saudi Arabia during the summer as internal disputes developed among the refugee leadership. The source gives Saudi Arabia but no city; coordinates are a country-level representative point. It specifies summer 1975.

6. Islamabad power-sharing talks

   1993-03-03 · Islamabad, Pakistan

   Rabbani met Gulbuddin Hekmatyar during Pakistani-mediated power-sharing negotiations and extended his stay in Islamabad for the proposed agreement.

7. Retreat to Taloqan

   1996-09-01 · Taloqan, Takhar Province, Afghanistan

   After the Taliban forced him from Kabul, Rabbani retreated to Taloqan, which became the headquarters of his ousted administration.

8. Meeting with Richard Holbrooke's delegation in Sheberghan

   1998-04-01 · Sheberghan, Jowzjan Province, Afghanistan

   Rabbani met U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Bill Richardson in Sheberghan during a U.S. effort to initiate Afghan peace talks. The article was published on 18 April 1998 and reports the meeting during Richardson's visit; the source does not state the meeting's day separately.

9. Diplomatic visit to Bishkek

   1999-05-28 · Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

   Rabbani arrived in Bishkek and met Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev, followed by meetings with senior Kyrgyz officials on Afghanistan and bilateral issues. The meeting was at the presidential residence near Bishkek; city coordinates are used as the defensible representative point.

10. Millennium Summit address

    2000-09-01 · United Nations Headquarters, New York City, New York, United States

    Rabbani was listed as Afghanistan's representative among speakers at the United Nations Millennium Summit in New York. The summit ran from 6 to 8 September; the source does not identify Rabbani's individual speaking day.

11. Return to Kabul after Taliban retreat

    2001-11-17 · Kabul, Afghanistan

    

    Rabbani returned to Kabul from the northern opposition-held area after the Northern Alliance recaptured the capital, and addressed a press conference on forming a broad-based government.

12. Nangarhar peace conference

    2010-12-21 · Nangarhar Governor's Palace, Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan

    

    As chairman of Afghanistan's High Peace Council, Rabbani addressed media during a peace conference with Nangarhar provincial officials. The cited photograph is dated 21 December 2010. Coordinates are a representative point for the governor's palace in Jalalabad.

13. Islamic Awakening conference

    2011-09-17 · Tehran, Iran

    Rabbani attended the Islamic Awakening conference in Tehran shortly before his assassination, appearing in a photograph while greeting Hezbollah official Naim Kassem.

14. Assassination at Kabul home

    2011-09-20 · Kabul, Afghanistan

    Rabbani was killed by a suicide bombing at his home in Kabul while serving as head of the High Peace Council. The cited source identifies Kabul and his home but does not provide a street address; city coordinates are used.