Taliban refugee minister Khalil Haqqani has been killed in a suicide bombing inside the inside ministry in Kabul, the motion’s most excessive profile casualty because it returned to energy in Afghanistan in 2021.
Six others died within the blast as Haqqani was leaving his workplace, inside ministry sources mentioned.
Khalil Haqqani was a prime member of a strong faction within the Taliban known as the Haqqani community, and was designated a world terrorist by the US.
The Islamic State group (IS) later claimed duty for the assault.
According to a report issued by IS’s “information company” Amaq, an IS militant waited outdoors the minister’s workplace and detonated explosives as he walked out.
A Taliban spokesperson confirmed that Haqqani was killed by IS, Reuters information company reported.
Khalil Haqqani’s brother Jalaluddin was a well-known guerrilla chief who fought Soviet troops in Afghanistan within the Nineteen Eighties, and based the Haqqani community which was behind many assaults in the course of the Taliban’s 20-year insurgency.
Sirajuddin Haqqani, the minister’s nephew and son of Jalaluddin, is the present inside minister within the Taliban authorities.
While the general safety state of affairs in Afghanistan has improved for the reason that Taliban gained full management with the complete withdrawal of overseas troops in 2021, there proceed to be dozens of bombings and suicide assaults within the nation every year.
Many have been claimed by Islamic State Khorasan Province, or ISKP, the regional affiliate of the so-called Islamic State group, a significant rival of the Taliban.
