Taliban minister killed in Kabul assault

The Taliban minister in command of refugees, Khalil Haqqani, was killed in a suicide assault contained in the Inside Ministry in Kabul, the motion’s most high-profile casualty since its return to energy in Afghanistan in 2021.

Six different individuals died within the explosion as Haqqani left his workplace, Inside Ministry sources mentioned.

Khalil Haqqani was a number one member of a strong faction of the Taliban known as the Haqqani Community, and was designated as a worldwide terrorist by america.

There was no instant declare for the assault, which the Taliban accused Islamic State militants of finishing up.

Jalaluddin, Khalil Haqqani’s brother, was a well-known guerrilla chief who fought Soviet troops in Afghanistan within the Nineteen Eighties and based the Haqqani Community, which was behind quite a few assaults throughout the Taliban’s 20-year insurgency .

Sirajuddin Haqqani, nephew of the minister and son of Jalaluddin, is the present inside minister within the Taliban authorities.

Though the general safety scenario in Afghanistan has improved because the Taliban took full management of the nation with the whole withdrawal of international troops in 2021, dozens of bombings and suicide assaults proceed to happen within the nation yearly.

Many have been claimed by Islamic State Khorasan Provinceor ISKP, the regional affiliate of the so-called Islamic State group, a significant rival of the Taliban.