A key leader of the Afghan militant group, the Haqqani network, has told the BBC it was not responsible for killing Burhanuddin Rabbani, the man overseeing Taliban peace talks.
Afghan officials have blamed the Taliban-affiliated network for the suicide attack on Rabbani.
Siraj Haqqani also told BBC Pashto his network was not linked to Pakistan's spy agency, the ISI.
Mr Haqqani was giving an audio response to written questions from the BBC.
Security considerations ruled out a face-to-face interview in which the answers could be challenged, but the BBC understands that the audio response is genuine.
The questions were delivered through an intermediary, who returned with the audio response.
Siraj Haqqani is the son of group founder Jalaluddin Haqqani and has a key role in its operations.
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