Afghan Taliban’s Refugee & Repatriation Minister Haji Khalil ur Rahman Haqqani attends the death anniversary of Mullah Mohammad Omar, the late leader and founder of Taliban in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 24, 2024. — Reuters
PESHAWAR: The Afghan Taliban’s acting minister for refugees, Khalil Rahman Haqqani, has been killed in a blast in the country’s capital Kabul, his nephew Anas Haqqani said on Wednesday.
Khalil Haqqani became a minister in the Taliban’s interim government after foreign forces withdrew from Afghanistan in 2021. He was a senior leader of the Haqqani network, a group blamed for major attacks during the 20-year war, according to the US State Department.
This is a developing story and is being updated with more details.
