Cropped photograph of Burhanuddin Rabbani. Professor Burhanuddin Rabbani, chairman of Afghanistan’s High Council for Peace, rights, addresses the media with Nangarhar Gov. Gul Agha Sherzai, left, during the peace conference held at the governor’s palace, Dec. 21. Rabbani and other members of the High Peace Council were in Nangarhar to discuss peace initiatives with local Afghan government officials.