Wasn’t that the Taliban?
What I read claimed it was possibly AQ, since his assassins were Arabs, not Afghans, and because the timing was so curious. But who knows.
His assassins were Tunisian, not Taliban?
Nope. It was AQ. The attackers were Arabs who claimed to be Belgians from Morocco but it was revealed that their passports were stolen and they were really Tunisian al-Qaida members living in Belgium.