Taliban leader Khalil Haqqani, featured on the US wanted list with a bounty of $5 million on his head, and currently, the minister of refugee affairs in the Taliban ‘govt’ in Afghanistan, is believed to have been killed in a suicide blast in Kabul. As per reports, a major explosion was reported at the Ministry of Refugees Affairs.
While there is no official confirmation for the killing of Khalilur Rahman Haqqani in Kabul, in an explosion. Several online platforms related to the Islamic State Khorasan (ISKP) have begun celebrating and congratulating each other for the attack. Khalil Haqqani is the uncle of… https://t.co/e0F6GaiWsM
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Khalil Haqqani is the uncle of Sairajudin Haqqani, Afghanistan’s current interior minister in the government run by the Taliban.
Haqqani has been under multiple US and UN sanctions. In almost all his photographs, he is seen carrying an M16 rifle. He is one of the leading figures in the Haqqani network, the influential group that steers the Taliban’s political and financial activities.
Tolo News from Afghanistan has confirmed the explosion in Kabul, and the death of Khalil Haqqani in it.
