Afghan rebels name replacement for injured Masood
 
KABUL, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Afghan opposition alliance leader Burhanuddin Rabbani said on Tuesday he had named intelligence chief General Fahim to stand in for commander Ahmad Shah Masood who was injured in an assassination attempt on Sunday.

Rabbani told Reuters by satellite telephone from northern Afghanistan that Masood was under treatment in a hospital in the area and there was no danger to his life from injuries received in the attack by two suicide bombers who posed as journalists.

"Since the extent of the blast was severe ... doctors have barred him from speaking for some time," Rabbani said.

"He can walk to some extent and eat and the doctors' advice was to send him to a European country for further treament," Rabbani said, adding: "He is fine."