A suicide 🅠bombing in the Afghan capital on Wednesday killed the Taliban refugee minister and two others, Interior Ministry officials said.
According to a report by The Associated Press,﷽ the e♔xplosion struck inside the ministry, killing Khalil Haqqani, the refugee minister.
Haqqani was the most high-profile casualty of a bombing in Afghanistan since the Taliban returned to power three years ago. The US Treasury had classified Khalil🍌 Haqqani as a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist" in 2011 and the State Department offered a $5 million reward for information leading to his arrest.
According to Reuters, Anas Haqqani, the nephew of the minister Khalil R🍰ahman Haqqani said tha🐬t Haqqani and six others were killed in the explosion.
"We lost a very brave Mujahid," Anas Haqqani told Reuters, using the Tali🐷ban's term for its fighters, meaning a holy warrior. "We will never forget him and his sacrifice."
There is no clarity on who was behind the b🎀last as no one claimed t🐼he.
Khalil Haqqani is the un༒cle of Sirajuddin Haqqani, the acting interior minister who leads a powerful network within the Taliban.
The Is𝔉lamicꩵ State group's affiliate, a major rival of the ruling Taliban, has carried out previous attacks across Afghanistan.
In early September, a suicide bomber in the sout🌳hwestern Qala Bakhtiar neighbourhood in Kabul killed at least six people and wounding 13 others. IS had claimed responsibility for the attack.
(With inputs from AP, Reuters)
