Burhanuddin Rabbani, the political head of the Northern...

Burhanuddin Rabbani, the political head of the Northern Alliance and president of Afghanistan from 1992 to 1996, denounced Abdul Haq's execution.
Rabbani arrived in the Panjshir Valley, an alliance stronghold in northern Afghanistan, to hold talks with alliance leaders on their political and military strategy. Rabbani called the killing a tragic event for Afghanistan that showed the "cruelty" of the Taliban.
In Rome, Mustapha Zahir, the grandson of and spokesman for exiled king Mohammed Zahir Shah, also lamented the execution, saying, "Afghanistan has lost one of its finest and greatest sons."